Red Rock Spring Trail
A few hours on the Red Rock Spring Trail and then on the Highline Trail enjoying the good weather and finding a few caches
Alpine Mushroom Festival
Weekend trip to Alpine area to attend a Mushroom Festival Field trip and to finally climb Escudilla Mountain the third highest peak in Arizona
Hiking near Pine
Exploring Pine during a short visit on a hot day and finding lots and lots of elk
Finally seeing the becards at Tubac
Finally a successful trip to see the rose-throated becards in Tubac followed by a short expedition on Mt Lemmon
Looking for bears around Alaska (and failing)
Two week tour in Alaska spending a few days in the far northwest of Alaska in Nome and the rest of the time exploring the more well known areas around Anchorage, from Seward and Homer to the south to Denali and Fairbanks in the north and Valdez in the east
Grand Canyon Trip with Friends
Three day trip with one day in Williams, one day in Grand Canyon and one day in Sedona area
Goldfield Recreation Area short hike
After work short hike in Goldfield Recreation Area seeing the famous wild horses
McFadden Horse Trail…finally
Full day 8 mile hike to the top of McFadden Horse Mountain and to the scenic overlook at the end of the trail.
Glendale Recharge Ponds
Short two hour walk near the Glendale Recharge Ponds followed by a day out in Glendale
One day near Strawberry
One day hiking near Strawberry ending unexpectedly due to a mishap at our Airbnb.