Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: White Mesa Trail
WHITE MESA TRAIL The view from the top of White Mesa From the hyper popular Bell Trail, the imposing, vertical cliffs of White Mesa appear as an unsurmountable wall of … Read More
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Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: Rover-Axis-Girdner Loop
ROVER-AXIS-GIRDNER LOOP Cockscomb seen from the new Rover Trail At first glance, the map of the Western Gateway trail system can be overwhelming. There are so many interconnected trails packed … Read More
Travel Hooray – A Quirky, Quite Place in Sedona
A QUIRKY, QUIET PLACE IN SEDONA Looking west from the trail. Serene, solitary walks in Arizona’s high desert are good for the soul. Even in times like these when conditions … Read More
Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: Corner Lake
CORNER LAKE Gate at the north end of Corner Lake points to Mormon Mtn. The lone coyote skulked among clumpy grasses and stunted trees barely 30 yards from the degraded … Read More
Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: Buck Mountain
BUCK MOUNTAIN Buck Mountain fire tower Remember 1973? The year was rife with high-tension world events, political controversy and noteworthy bright spots. There was the Watergate scandal and the resignation … Read More
Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: Interstate Trail
INTERSTATE TRAIL Canyon view point on Frog Tank Loop If there has been an upside to the global pandemic, it has been in discovering hiking destinations that are far from … Read More
Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: White Horse Hills
White Horse Hills The mouth of the north pass at White Horse Hills Within the pass that cuts through the pyramid-shaped pinnacles of the White Horse Hills, voices carry. But, … Read More
Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: Brandis Trail
BRANDIS TRAIL Survivor pines near the Deer Hill Trail junction Ten years ago this month, the Schultz Fire was ravaging the eastern slopes of Flagstaff’s San Francisco Peaks. Trailhead gate … Read More
Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: Deep Lake
DEEP LAKE The woodsy approach to Deep Lake Located roughly 20 miles southeast of Flagstaff, the windy plains of Anderson Mesa are home to a cluster of Arizona’s rare natural … Read More
Travel Hooray – Arizona Hiking: The Pocket
THE POCKET. Coconino National Forest Not long before the mantra of social distancing surfaced to dominate the way we interact with our surroundings; another experiential movement had been catching fire. … Read More