Category Hiking
My December 5, 2019 hike in Aravaipa Canyon was quite magical, so I decided to do it again with Alastair and several friends. Aravaipa Creek flows year-round, an unusual phenomenon in the Arizona desert. The Bureau of Land Management manages… Continue Reading →
Hard to believe that in my 22 years in Tucson I’ve never hiked to the top of Mt. Wrightson, a 9,456-foot peak in the Santa Rita Mountains within the Coronado National Forest, in southern Arizona. I went with a couple… Continue Reading →
On the weekend of October 17-18, I joined a group for the AZT’s Trail Design and Layout training event on the Arizona Trail Passage 4 (Temporal Gulch) in the Rincon Mountains. Our training focused on: Why, who, what of trail… Continue Reading →
Our vacation plans abroad this year were cancelled, but we were able to get away for a week in Flagstaff – great break from the heat and smokey air in Tucson. The emphasis of the trip was on hiking, and… Continue Reading →
It’s hard to believe I’ve lived in Tucson for 20 years and had never visited Aravaipa Canyon. It’s now one of favorite places in Arizona! Gary Faulkenberry (retired Oracle State Park ranger) and I hiked in from the West trail… Continue Reading →
After 16 years as a volunteer at Oracle State Park, I decided to also start working with the Arizona Trail Association, doing trail building and maintenance. On the 15th of September, I was with a group of volunteers led by… Continue Reading →
On the first day of 2019, I led Oracle State Park’s First Day hikes. The night before, it snowed between 4-6 inches, but the park was already busy by the time Alastair and I got to the Kannally Ranch House… Continue Reading →
One of my favorite state parks in Arizona is Oracle State Park. The park is a 4,000 acre wildlife refuge in the northern foothills of the Catalina Mountains. It also serves as a Center for Environmental Education and provides programming for… Continue Reading →
Alastair and I recently spent 4 days in Denver visiting a good friend. Last Friday, hoping we would catch the last of the fall color on the Aspen trees, we ventured from Denver about an hour to the west to… Continue Reading →