Siphon Draw and The Flatiron, in the Superstition Mountains

After a good nights’ sleep during which it rained most of the night (first rain we’ve seen since we left California in January), we got up early this morning, kept our eye out for departing RVs, and quickly moved the Chalet into a vacated campsite by 8:30 am. We have a spectacular view of the mountains, a picnic table, a leftover pile of firewood and outdoor fireplace/grill and a cell phone signal (and lovely hot showers, flush toilets and all the modern amenities)! We’re told there’s a town library nearby where we can access the internet. At 11am we left for a hike. The trail is rocky all the way, starts off with a gentle incline, traverses steeper, slick granite, then becomes a scramble after passing The Basin headed for the Siphon Draw. We hiked up two miles and 1200’, stopped for lunch and then decided we’d gone far enough. It was another 1400’ to the summit and we were told pretty steady steep terrain and scrambling all the way. Since we’d already gone for a run in the morning and Cathryn’s left knee was a bit sore, we decided that was enough. Dark clouds have blown through, interspersed with blue sky and sunshine, but the temperature is still 70 degrees (52 when we got up this morning) so very pleasant.