Tucson Day Seven

Monday was an easy day. We took a drive up over the Catalina Mountains. We were treated to great views of Tucson from as high as 8,000’. The highway ended at Summerhaven and we took Control Road, a primitive dirt road kept as an escape road in case of fire, down the backside of the mountains to Oracle, AZ. Along the way we stopped for a picnic in the forest of Douglas Fir trees. It was quiet. The scent of evergreens and the sound of the breeze through the trees was very calming.