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Phoenix Hiking, Day 1: The Superstitions

Friday, February 27, 2015 Through-hiking in the Superstitions Last fall when we did our Supai trip, we had the pleasure of meeting Paul and Holly, an awesome couple who are both very strong Christians with a good understanding of the Bible, AND also very well-traveled and knowledgeable about great places to visit and hikes to…

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Catalina Through Hike

Saturday, February 7, 2015 Hiking from Sabino Canyon to Catalina State Park, via Cathedral Rock In light of the Grammy’s going on this weekend, I’d like to nominate this hike for a few awards: -Most Physically Challenging -Longest Hike Ever -Most Painful I’ve been Afterwards Oh, guess what, this hike wins everything it was nominated…

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Dragoon, Tombstone, and the San Pedro River

Saturday, January 24, 2015 Day 2 of this weekend’s adventures! Today, we met up with our friends Mitchell and Alex and headed East to Cochise county for some hiking and letterboxing. All of the locations that we visited are some of the lesser-known about historic spots that the guys have a lot of interest in….

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Curtis and Jessica : 2014 in Review

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year From our family to yours! click to enlarge! Our year began with us back in Iowa with our families, celebrating Christmas in 7 different homes, traveling with Curtis’ family to Michigan to see family, traveling with my family to Missouri to some basketball tournaments, and surviving the -30 wind…

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Our Week in Pies

It’s beginning to *feel* a lot like Christmas! Here in Arizona, you can’t go by looks, because it always looks the same in the desert. So I guess you could say it always looks like Christmas… 😉 Anyway, it is becoming quite chilly down here. It’s only 60 degrees right now, and I’m sitting here…

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Hiking Havasu, Day 3: From Village to Hilltop and Home!

Sunday, November 30, 2014 Let me just say – staying in the lodge may be pricier than camping, but it is SO worth it! I’m not sure we could have finished out this trip strong without a great night’s sleep in the very comfy beds! Not to mention, some of us may have been too…