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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 →
Staying motivated to train since Covid-19 has been challenging. Events and races usually keep me focused on my goals, but everything I’d planned to do this year has been cancelled. Fortunately, I’ve been finding a number of virtual events that… Continue Reading →
I’ve been using a Garmin GPS watch for years, but my 2012 Forerunner 305 was seriously on its last legs so I checked to see what DC Rainmaker was recommending as the best watch for open water swimming. He reviewed… Continue Reading →
February is a great month to visit Cabo San Lucas – day temps in the upper 70s and water temps in the upper 60s, and the whales and their babies are migrating up the coast. Alastair and I spent a… Continue Reading →
A group of friends joined Alastair and me at Canyon Lake for my 66th birthday. I swam by myself at the lake on my birthday a year ago, and the weather conditions were identical to this year: air temp 60F,… Continue Reading →
Alastair and I were in San Diego over the holidays, and on our last day there we attended the La Jolla New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge, our third time at the event. It’s an awesome way to begin a… 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 →
At the end of October, Alastair and I traveled to San Francisco for a week (he went for work and I went for fun). We spent the main part of the trip in the northeast part of the city, but… Continue Reading →