Arizona

Due to the heat and other issues we are limited to a short hike today from Meridian Trailhead into the beautiful desert

Today we have time only for a short hike in Usery Park near the visitor center enjoying the feeders and the beautiful sunset views

With low temperatures we explore the Willow Creek Canyon finding a rare cache and enjoying the impressive canyon and a small cavern

We start the New Year with an exploration of the Bulldog Canyon avoiding OHVs and finding caches and birds along the way

For the last hike of the year we decide to find a few caches near Canyon Lake in an area we explored before but now has a few new caches

After a very exciting trip into the jungle we take it easy for our first trip back into Arizona with a short jaunt onto State Trust Land to find some caches

This evening we have an anniversary dinner at the historic Wrigley Mansion which has one of the fancier restaurants in Phoenix that we wanted to try

Today it is a day for exploring the Gilbert Preserve and looking for interesting birds like pelicans and shorebirds before the heat forces a retreat

After escaping the rain we spend the afternoon in Sedona enjoying the great views, eating lunch and doing some light shopping

Today we try the whole morning to escape the rain while exploring the Coconino National Forest with no luck in the end