Mike Breiding's Epic Road Trips: Arizona - 2024

Thanksgiving Day

Hike to Rogers Rock

Santa Rita Mountains

28 November 2024
Thanksgiving Day: Hike to Rogers Rock
Santa Rita Mountains

Betsy and I are back to leading hikes in the Tucson area. This will be our 12th year of leading, which seems hard to believe.

Rancho Relaxo, Brownd Mts and Rogers Rock area map

Recently we led a hike up, around, and down Brown Mountain in the Tucson Mountain Range. From the vantage point of the ridgetop, we could all see the Santa Rita Mountains in the distance—40 miles as the Raven flies.

The Santa Rita Mountains as seen from the top of Brown Mountian

Photo: Cindy Little

Fellow hiker Cindy Little took the above photo of the Santa Rita Mountains from the top of Brown Mountain. What a beautiful shot!

Today we are leading a hike to Rogers Rock in the Santa Rita Mountains. You can see the marker on the above map.

Mount Wrightson as seen from Rogers Rock

This is the view we will have from the top of Rogers Rock - Mt Wrightson, the hightest point in the Santa Ritas at 9,456' elevation. I have been up there 3 times and have no plans to return.

When we get back from the hike we will have our Thanksgiving Dinner. But this time there will be no turkey out of the oven.

Marie Callender’s Turkey Pot Pie

A humble meal made more tasty with a nice garden salad a la Betsy and a few beers.

Happy Thanksgiving!
Mike and Betsy

p.s. Here are some photos from my hike to Rogers Rock on 18 December 2019.


 

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