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Photographing Tucson Mountain Park

Our 8 year mark of living in Tucson is coming up and somehow we are still finding new places to explore in this remarkable and unique city! After a couple weeks of being home in

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Prison Camp to Molino Campground Trail

on May 1, 2016 Arizona Hikes arizona hikes coronado national forest desert mount lemmon tucson tucson hikes 591 views add comment

We've been preoccupied with mountain biking for most of April so we decided to start May off with a new hike on Mount Lemmon. We packed our doggy-guest into the car and headed up Catalina

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Tucson’s Urban Desert Trail: Linda Vista Loop

on April 2, 2016 Arizona Hikes arizona hikes desert oro valley tucson tucson hikes 687 views add comment

Last week we hiked a short local trail in anticipation of the extra calories we would be consuming for Easter festivities with friends. The Linda Vista Trail is within Tucson's Oro Valley city limits, less

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Sabino Canyon Tram Road

on February 28, 2016 Arizona Hikes arizona hikes desert sabino canyon tucson tucson hikes 717 views add comment

One of my favorite places to hike in town is also one loved by many Tucsonians. It's a busy location, but not so busy as to deter us from hiking it over and over and

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Canyon Loop Trail

on February 26, 2016 Arizona Hikes arizona hikes catalina state park desert state parks tucson tucson hikes wildflowers 510 views add comment

Canyon Loop Trail has always been, for me, an underrated hike for the sole reason that husband and I have always disregarded it because of its short distance, preferring to take the route to Romero

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Searching for Wildflowers on Mount Lemmon

on February 25, 2016 Arizona desert mount lemmon tucson wildflowers 765 views add comment

El Niño brought a wet winter to Southern Arizona but in the last 2 weeks, temperatures have risen and the desert is beginning to bloom earlier than usual. Wildflowers down south usually bloom mid-March and

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Blackett’s Ridge in Sabino Canyon

on November 21, 2015 Arizona Hikes arizona hikes desert sabino canyon tucson tucson hikes 645 views add comment

We hiked up to Blackett's Ridge for the 1st time back in April but with the summer heat, we've been avoiding desert hikes and have taken to Mount Lemmon. Now that the cooler months are