Saturday, April 12, 2014 Today we visited several ghost towns – completely different meanings of the phrase “ghost town”, but all somehow earning that title. It’s days like this when I feel like a true South-westerner. Driving down quiet hilly highways and bumpy dirt roads, hiking several miles to find an old mining town, seeing…
The last time I wrote about a peak hike, I had to tell of all the struggles we had (mostly my own struggles though!) Today, we conquered a new peak hike, and though it was only 7 miles, I’m very proud of how we did. I’m getting better 🙂 Today’s focus: Wasson Peak…
Letterboxing in Catalina State Park / February 14, 2014 This was our first Valentine’s Day we’ve ever been able to spend together as a married couple! We celebrated by visiting Catalina State Park. There are a lot of letterboxes hidden around the trails, so we just chose a few and went for a late afternoon hike…
Hello February! Curtis says this is his least favorite month, because it’s so cold and we’re just ready for warmer weather. (Yes, we feel that way in Arizona too. My sympathy goes out to family and friends in Iowa who just had yet another snowfall and snow day, but once you get used to 110…
It was the Saturday after we returned to AZ after our “reverse snowbirding” vacation. Our Brit friend Mitch had invited us to go on a peak hike with him and our group of friends. He told me that people who were “not as in shape as I am” had done this hike before, and was…