Category Archives: Hikes

Before driving back to Phoenix, we visited The Arboretum at Flagstaff, a 200-acre facility that includes gardens, greenhouses, and open spaces. The gardens were small but lovely:     While Flagstaff is only a few hours north of Phoenix, that … Continue reading →

On our end-of-summer vacation trip to Flagstaff, we drove about 1/2 hour to visit the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. A relatively young volcano, it erupted around the year 1085, which was no doubt a shock for the ancestral Puebloans … Continue reading →

Today, we visited the Flume Trail and Watson Lake Loop, said to be an easy to moderate 1.6 mile lollipop trail. We parked in the small lot off Granite Dells Road and State Highway 89, north of the entrance to Watson … Continue reading →

On a beginning-of summer break family trip to Prescott, we decided to hike the Thumb Butte Trail (33), which I thought would be easy enough for Shaina, who had just turned 5. Trail 33 is about a 2.2 mile loop … Continue reading →

On our short trip to Sedona, we stayed in nearby Cottonwood. Today, before driving back to Phoenix, we decided on two quick visits. The first was to Cliffrose Trail, a short and flat trail near our hotel in Cottonwood. . … Continue reading →

This day, we enjoyed the Mescal – Deadman’s Pass – Long Trail loop. We drove to the parking lot at 34.901, -111.828. We hiked in a clockwise direction. We began hiking north on the Mescal Trail, which eventually turned toward … Continue reading →

To celebrate our 10th Anniversary, Batya and I drove up to Sedona for a few days of hiking. Signs throughout Sedona warned that trailhead parking lots were full and that we should take a shuttle, but we ignored them and … Continue reading →

This was my first Daddy-Daughter hike, as Shaina said she wanted to go hiking with me, while her Mommy stayed home. We went out for about an hour and a half. We parked at 33.5428, -112.0153, and started out on … Continue reading →