My sister and niece came to visit and I drove them up Catalina Highway one afternoon to see all the overlooks and cool geology. Truly, this is an awesome place. Nobody would ever believe this is Tucson..it’s so different than the desert floor. Tucson down below is 2’389′ with cacti and in 30-45 minutes you can be up at elevation with pine trees. The summit of Mt Lemmon is 9’159′!
Derek and I have ridden our bikes out to the end of the highway to Summerhaven before and it’s a really hard ride. Also, it’s pretty dangerous feeling in parts with all the cars and tourists. By car is a better option unfortunately.
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