Scorpion Gulch and Dobbins Lookout

We headed up the mountain near where we were staying, to the south of Phoenix, imaginatively called South Mountain. At its base is a photo op called Scorpion Gulch:

Scorpion Gulch

It’s the ruins of an old trading post and house:

Scorpion Gulch

Scorpion Gulch

Scorpion Gulch

Scorpion Gulch

Scorpion Gulch

Scorpion Gulch

Scorpion Gulch

Scorpion Gulch

Then we continued up the road:

Road and cacti

To Dobbin’s Lookout, a viewpoint at the top of the mountain, with a nice view of Phoenix:

Dobbin's Lookout

Dobbin's Lookout

View from Dobbin's Lookout

View from Dobbin's Lookout

View from Dobbin's Lookout

View from Dobbin's Lookout

View from Dobbin's Lookout

Dobbin's Lookout

View from Dobbin's Lookout

A selfie:

Jenn and David