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[guppiecat]

Question for the group:

I will be taking a trip to Arizona soon, and one option for "thing to do" is a hot air balloon ride.
Now, I think that it would be really neat to see the landscape from the sky, to try to get photos, etc.
However, it costs $135 and will kill half of a day.

Right now I'm leaning towards trying to find a hike where I climb a (small) mountain, so I can see
a similar vista, and feel more like *I'm* the one doing it. Is there any special reason that I should
reconsider the balloon ride?

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I'm going to the Phoenix / Tuscon area. Kinda far away from Prescott and Sedona.

[grrscary.livejournal.com]

I'd do as much hiking myself. Aerial views are nice...but you can't TOUCH the earth from up there. It would be a totally different experience and I think you personally would feel like you had missed out on experiencing the land.

My 2cp.

Also? have decided I AM insanely jealous of this whole trip. *sniff*

[guppiecat]

Yeah, and if I can find a place to hike, I can do it at night and see the desert sky. That would be nice.

Sorry that you're jealous. I'll try to bring something back for you.

They have tigers there, you want a tiger? Actually, I'm going to the Phoenix Zoo, the Sonora Desert Museum, and the Reid Park Zoo. Pick an animal from the lists and I'll see if I can smuggle it from Arizona to Canada for you. Hmm, I wonder what shipping a tiger would cost. The packaging alone would likely be ridiculous.

Maybe a smaller animal would be better. Need a javalina?

[grrscary.livejournal.com]

A very small tiger? A cub that I can raise as my very own, perhaps? Or else maybe a serval. They're like...smallerish. or a coyote. cos..well. You know why. I'd settle for a Fennec too.

Shipping is less complicated then you might think...then again, I'm biased, given that I do it all day long. The trick is to get the tiger into the box to begin with...after that you're all set. If you survive.

[ericcoleman]

Mountains ... definitely mountains ...

hot air balloon rides are nice, but ...

[beki.livejournal.com]

The real question is what time of year you will be going? February and March are usually lovely. Having grown up in the Southwest, I heartily suggest not hiking after mid April through mid October because the temps are close to 100 if not way over 100 degrees. In the high summer, I don't suggest hiking at all unless you are used to the weather. I don't care how much water you carry with you, 120 degrees F is going to give you heat stroke if you hike a few miles.