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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 →
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 →
Alastair and I traveled to northern Utah for the Bear Lake Monster Swim, which took place on Saturday, July 13. The event is a 10K (6.2 mile) point-to-point race across the width of Bear Lake, starting at the Bear Lake… Continue Reading →
The 3rd Annual AZT Oracle Rumble took place near the town of Oracle, AZ on Saturday, January 26. This trail running event directly benefits the Arizona Trail Association (ATA), the nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect, maintain, enhance, promote… Continue Reading →
What better way to celebrate a new year than a swim in Canyon Lake, where I first fell in love with open water swimming 8 years ago. Canyon Lake is one of four reservoirs that were formed by the damming… 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 →
Updated: December 13, 2018 As I mentioned in my August 19 Swim to the Moon 10K post, a month before the swim I was experiencing pain that a physical therapist believed was tendinopathy of the pectoralis minor, commonly referred to… Continue Reading →