No, not New Mexico, today we went Enchanted Rock State Natural Area! On my quest to look at rocks this is one of my favorites. It is a huge, pink granite rock that is about 425 feet that you can climb all the way to the top! It is actually a large batholith that has been exposed due to erosion. I won't bore you too much geology stuff just because I am just now realizing that there are only a few of us that get excited about a rock. Really, I thought this stuff was exciting to everyone but, hubby has just recently told be differently. hmmm, I didn't know. In any case, this formation is a batholith and was due to a volcano and its magma.
We went to the park rangers office that has the whole history of the batholith and the who, what, where, when's and all about erosion and what to look for. I will say that Molly was not interested so, not too much time was spent here. Raymond and myself have been here a few time pre-Molly so it was okay.
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| Start of the hike...lots of sass and energy here. |
There are two different trails you can take. You can climb up the rock or you can hike around the rock, we chose to hike up the rock.
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| Going strong. |
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| Getting steeper. |
It is not too bad but it does get to be very tiring carrying 30 lbs on your back, meaning Molly only wanted to walk for a little bit before she starting saying "my legs are tired".
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| And we are done. |
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| Lots of drama, here. |
After all this hard work, we had a picnic and headed home.
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