Waking
up early, on a chilly Saturday morning at 5 am, I got ready for an adventure
to hike five miles in the wild forests on an afternoon trip with TGB Hiking
Club. It was about two hours away from Phoenix, Arizona to Payson, AZ. In Payson, the cold weather breezed throughout us, as we headed up north
on the trail. From far away you could see the pine trees roaming above the
mountain top. Climbing up and down the hillside, a forest full of pine
trees surrounded us by natural beauty and peaceful silence.
As we first headed straight for a rocky trail way, it was quite
confusing in the beginning because we lost its path throughout the route. During
that day, we walked forward to discover small hills coming
towards us with many trees and logs. In my opinion, it
was not complicated to keep going at an average speed that required a few
breaks here and there. Traveling at a constant speed made it easier to relax
and not get over exhausted. When you are hiking, packing
snacks with you will provide energy and also drinking plenty of water is great.
The
leafy ground walk covered with red and yellow leaves enabled us to see the rocks
beneath them, causing a few trips and stumbles for all the hikers. The view with dark cloudy skies and tall
green pine trees had me motivated all the time to reach the top for the best
perspective. Reaching half way up, it started getting colder because of
mountains approaching the higher we got. Following along, we were split apart
as some preferred to run to get there faster, and I jogged with my friend to
enjoy the beautiful sight.
We all finally reached to the top of the mountains awaiting to see the
beautiful landscape. Looking everywhere about, it was all nothing compared to
where we started before in the plain, solid ground. Then, taking our time
resting for a few minutes and eating some food for our hungry stomachs, we took pictures of the magnificent view ahead us. At the end, seeing
everything from high on top of the rocks was so worth the all the exercise in
return. It was now getting time to head back down.
Downhill was much, much easier and a considerately faster pace than
going uphill. Going down nearly took us half of what we had done up first.
Since you are heading downward, your body pushes you forward, which keeps
it at a very quick velocity. It is, although, a bit more dangerous because you
can’t control yourself going down sometimes and can fall or get a serious injury.
Having precaution is worthy to prevent more accidents that can occur during
these activities.
This hike was not so challenging compared to other hikes in my
past experiences. It was not so difficult nor easy but it was an average hike that
most people can accomplish. It was pretty engaging and I really had a good time
hiking and enjoying the beautiful nature among us. It took us most of the
afternoon to head there and get back home around five pm, but overall was a
pleasing day with the TGB Hiking Club.
I
rate trail 260 to Payson, four stars out of five because I truly loved the
whole view I experienced on our way there.
The hike was awesome because I had not gone hiking in a while and was the first
hike in this school year. I enjoyed the hike even though it was kind of short, but it was memorable because the beauty caught my eye and there were also literally
pine trees everywhere you looked. The environment was just perfect in the time
of fall when the colorful leaves colorful fell from the trees onto the ground. It
was an unforgettable trip to where some day I hope to go back and soon visit
Payson again.
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