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Superstitions, Boulder Canyon
12-27-2011, Superstitions, Boulder Canyon We were out to find the perfect “Backpacker 101” trail to accommodate all the people who had never backpacked and wanted to try. Setting off down the...
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Black Canyon Trail, Black Canyon City
April 2012 Judy took us to this trail. It was an amazing day hike with lots of views, water and good looking cowboys on horseback. We hiked to the river for lunch and then a little further to see what...
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October-November 2013 Ronnie & I discovered E. Henderson TH on New River Rd. just west of I17. The trail that leaves here is the Black Canyon Trail. With some memory searching we remembered that...
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Looking for more Trailheads
11-16-2013 Today we took Mom Maybelle on a 4 hour tour that lasted 13 hours. We started looking for the Black Canyon Trail TH’s further north of Phoenix and was doing great till we got...
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White Tanks Mountain, Arizona
February 8, 2014 Today we blindly were lead on a very strenuous and wonderful hike in the White Tank Park area. west of Phoenix. Normally you would hike the trails but not us. We started at the Waddell...
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Sonoran Desert Preserve
March 10, 2013 November 2013 the Sonoran Desert Preserve hiking system was opened for public use. We have gone on a few of the trail and it is absolutely beautiful! Today we started at the Apache...
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Desert Tortoise Trail
March 14, 2014 Had a hard time finding this one. It is in the Fireside Community north of Jomax Rd. and 19th Ave. If you get lost ask someone where the community center is. The hike in the Sonoran...
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AZT Passage 22, Sunflower
March 22, 2014 We hiked a really beautiful 11.5 miles hike today through the Sunflower, Passage 22 of the AZT. Parked at the Bushnel Tanks sign and found the “access” trail leading to the main trail....
View ArticleTahoe Rim Trail “TRT”
HIKING THE TAHOE RIM TRAIL “TRT” 8-23-14 One and half day drive from Phoenix to South Lake Tahoe, temperature perfect – 40’ to 80’, no rain. Forest extremely dry, whole area in drought, bears coming...
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Julian, California
October 31, 2014 Happy Birthday David! This was a terrific idea to celebrate in Julian, CA. Drove up on Halloween with beautiful weather. By the time we reached Julian it was quite nice but cooler....
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Jerome
11-07-2014 Spent the day with all the girls in Jerome. Could not have asked for better weather. Parking at the edge of town proved to work out well no matter where we walked. Bloody Marys are excellent...
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Superstitions
January 5th, 2015 First hike of the year is always amazing in the Superstitions. Started hiking the Peralta Trail to Freemont Saddle around 10. The terrain is always rocky but that is what gives the...
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AZT Pass 16-17
AZT Passages 16-17, In 2008, we hiked through these passages. At that time the trail was marked intermittently with many ribbons and cairns going in different directions. Some were surely put there as...
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Havasupai, Arizona
03-15-2015 Sunday, left Phoenix for Havasupai around 1pm. We arrived at the Canyon Hotel in Seligman in time to enjoy a glass of wine to start the St. Patty’s day adventure. We all ate dinner at Lilo’s...
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Salt River (Floating)
June 10, 2015 Salt River. Wow! What a terrific day we had floating down the Salt River. It almost didn’t happen due to the weather but again, as usual, the rain didn’t happen and the clouds kept us in...
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