November 29, 2014 Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “Do something every day that scares you.” Now let’s say, hypothetically, if you do like 20 scary somethings in one day, can you save them up and not do anything scary for the next 19 days? I think I need a break after today’s adventure. 🙂 Breakfast of…
Sedona – home of the beautiful red rocks in Arizona. Even if you’ve never heard of it, you’ve probably seen pictures of the quintessential red rock formations. I remember hearing about it for the first time from a teacher at my massage school, as she spoke about her travels there and the beauty and serenity…
Veteran’s Day Hike! November 11, 2014 Picacho Peak Happy Veteran’s Day! We are thankful for all who have served and are currently serving. Tonight we talked a bit about how different next year’s Veteran’s day will be, after Curtis has begun his service. For today, we were thankful for a day off from school so…
November 8, 2014 Carr and Miller peaks Arizona’s 20-20 challenge – 20 diverse and prominent peaks and canyons throughout the state of Arizona. We have hiked the #1 peak – Mt. Humphreys – and the #11 – Mt. Wrightson. We’ve also been to the peaks of Heliograph (#6) and Mt. Lemmon (#17), but those are…
Saturday, November 1, 2014 Mt. Kimball – 11 miles, 4155 feet elevation gain, one of the steepest trails in the Tucson area. Beginning on Finger Rock trail, going into a canyon and up, up, up into the mountains. For having some of the most difficult terrains of any trail around Tucson, the views of the…
Hiking the Sycamore Reservoir Trail / November 2, 2013 On this sunny Saturday morning, we met up with our friends to go letterboxing around the Molino Basin area off of the Catalina Highway. We thought that the series would provide a short hike, but as it turned out, we only had to walk a short distance and then…