KANAB, UT Wow, wow, WOW!!! This hike was incredible. It runs through a "slot canyon" in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, on...

MARBLE CANYON, AZ This trail was awesome! It was an easy trail, just 3.84 miles with a 411' elevation gain, but AllTrails rates it...

PAGE, AZ On my way from Flagstaff to Page, AZ, I decided to check out Lee's Ferry & Spencer Trail Lookout. After hiking the Grand Canyon...

SEDONA / FLAGSTAFF Happy Easter, peeps! Today was my last day in the Sedona/Flagstaff area. Wrapped up my time here with Easter Mass in...

17 miles. 4,480' elevation gain. (That is 0.85 miles.) 7 hours. That's the distance, elevation change, and time it took me to hike to the...

SEDONA, AZ Today was my last day to hike in Sedona. I chose Boynton Canyon Trail because it has some cool caves and is also one of the...

SEDONA, AZ This is definitely a bear of a mountain to trek! I set out Tuesday afternoon for my first "real" hike in Sedona. By that, I...

SEDONA, AZ This afternoon, I hiked the Soldier Pass Trail, just north of Sedona. It was a quick 3.15 mile trek, with a 603' elevation...

SEDONA, AZ Saturday morning, I was up and out the door at 4:45 am. That is one extra benefit of working east coast hours out here - the...

SEDONA, AZ I left Flagstaff after work this afternoon amidst intermittent snow flurries. I shouldn't have been surprised then, that after...

SEDONA / FLAGSTAFF, AZ Headed out for my first hike today in northern Arizona. This was a cool hike because it starts out with ruins from...

TUCSON, AZ Nine nights in Tucson ... done, just like that! Here's a quick summary of what I did ... Hiking Bridal Wreath Falls Trail in...

EAST OF TUCSON, AZ Whoa. This place is amazing. Chiricahua National Monument is about 2.5 hours east of Tucson. The hike we did is called...

TUCSON, AZ Finally got to see a desert sunset! I was finally able to peel Deb away from her work long enough to hike Sendero Esperanza...

TUCSON, AZ Hike number two in the books! Happy St. Patrick's Day, everybody! Celebrated my Irish heritage by driving out to Sabino...

TUCSON, AZ I officially took the first hike of my trip! The great thing about working east coast hours from the west coast is that, while...

WEST OF WASHINGTON, DC Just getting my training on for the hikes out west. Today, I hiked Sky Meadows with Ellen and Lori. Sky Meadows is...

Finally, sunshine, warm weather, and friends I haven't seen in ages. First stop on this crazy journey: Arizona! I fly into Phoenix on 13...

Hi! I am Shana, a middle-aged IT Sales professional in the DC area. After several months of working remotely because of COVID, with...