No, really.
Everyone knows about the Black Hills of South Dakota, home of Mount Rushmore.
But fewer know that Arizona has its' own Black Hills.
Most locals just refer to it as Mingus Mountain, which is just one of the peaks in the hills.
And it's not even the highest.
That title goes to Woodchute Mountain, four miles away, at 7,840 feet.
Mingus is 22 feet lower, at 7,818 feet.
It's better known, probably because the peak can be reached by a road, there is a hang-glider launching pad, as well as a number of campgrounds and summer camps up there.
All of this leads up to an anomaly this week.
The Black Hills have turned white!
There wasn't a lot of snow but enough to alter the view of the hills.*
SWMBO said yesterday "Sitting at my desk and looking out the window it's as if I'm living near the Alps!"
That may be an overstatement but I can understand the feeling.
Somehow when the hills are covered in white snow they seem to come into view and appear to be much closer and more rugged than they normally do.
By the way the photos are better if you click on them to expand them.
*I've said this before but my friend Tim, who lives in Colorado, once told me "Those aren't mountains . . they're just hills!"
They do look nice. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteNice pictures, be they hills or mountains. Sounds like you're actually having some semblance of winter there. I'm sick of the two feet in my front yard, and the damn shoveling.
ReplyDeleteWhen you drive from Prescott to Jerome, what are the mountains(hills)you pass over called?
ReplyDeleteThat's them.
DeleteGorgeous view. Lovely photos indeed!
ReplyDeleteThey are pretty big hills!
ReplyDeleteWhat a view! I love this number one picture.
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeous photos of the snow covered mountains. (I call them mountains but, I'm not from Colorado.) I clicked on them and viewed them on a 24 inch monitor and I just say they looked stunning.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!!
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