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Hiking George

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Here we go, up the mountain! It was a rainy weekend in Phoenix.  Rare, to say the least.  We spent plenty of time indoors, and as soon as we had a break this afternoon I decided to take Rhett to the park, and on an adventure.  He's just a couple of weeks away from 3, with enough energy to supply a small family...so I thought I'd try my luck at hiking it out of him.  Better known to Rhett, we were going to "climb a mountain, like Dora".  He was all for it.  Even willing to wait and play on the playground after the climb.  There is truly nothing so beautiful in Arizona than the stunning desert after the rain.  Wildflowers would have been the only better thing, but we still enjoyed it. Standing on the first of many rocks. Off we went, to tackle the slopes.  I was unsure how far he would make it.  Since he is 2, yet to be three, he can't simply trudge up the mountain, like his mother.  Nooooo, he has to skip and hop, and jump off every rock.  And climb on to