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Sweetwater Preserve, Tucson, AZ
Sweetwater Preserve is one of the best hiking spots in Tucson. If you’ve not yet been hiking or biking this beautiful collection of trails on 880 acres on the east side of the Tucson Mountains, you’re missing out!Here's 10 things to know before you visit. -
Aspen Loop Trail - Flagstaff, AZ
Fall is my favorite season. While living in Tucson I have desperately missed seeing the seasons change but lucky for me I can still go visit fall and not have to travel too far! -
Backpacking in Saguaro National Park - Rincon Mountains, AZ (Days 2 & 3)
I didn't see a single person hiking from Juniper Basin Campground to Manning Camp, I was completely alone. But I loved it. I really enjoyed hiking up this portion of the trail, realizing that I'd hiked up from cactus to pines! The views were beautiful, I've always wanted to see the Rincons from this perspective, you can't see it from Tucson and only get a glimpse of it from the Catalinas. I love exploring new places and I felt gratitude for yesterday's decision to continue on, otherwise I would have missed these views!- Arizona
- Arizona Trail
- AZ Sky Islands
- backpacking
- Cowhead Saddle
- desert
- Douglas Spring Trail
- hiking
- Manning Camp
- mariposa lily
- ocotillo
- pine
- pines
- prickly pear
- Rincon Mountains
- saguaro
- Saguaro National Park
- Santa Catalina Mountains
- sleeping bag
- sleeping pad
- solo adventure
- solo backpacking
- solo camping
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- Sonoran Desert
- Tanque Verde Peak
- Tanque Verde Ridge
- tent
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Backpacking in Saguaro National Park - Rincon Mountains, AZ (Day 1)
I was excited to finally get back out there by myself but I was feeling trepidation as well. What if I no longer liked backpacking? What if I got lonely? What if I ran out of water? What if this is too hard for me and I haven't trained enough?- 10 Essentials
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- Arizona Trail
- AZ Sky Islands
- backpacking
- boots
- cactus
- Coronado National Forest
- Cowhead Saddle
- desert
- desert chicory
- gear
- hiking
- larkspur
- lupine
- Manning Camp
- Mica Mountain
- ocotillo
- pack
- pine
- pines
- prickly pear
- Rincon Mountains
- saguaro
- Saguaro National Park
- solo adventure
- solo backpacking
- solo camping
- solo hiking
- Sonoran Desert
- Southern Arizona
- Tanque Verde Peak
- Tanque Verde Ridge
- tent
- Tucson
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Agua Caliente Hill Trail, Tucson, AZ
Wildflower season is here! The desert is full of color! -
February Art Hike - Sweetwater Preserve
The system of trails here allows you to choose whatever length trail you'd like so if you want to do a short one mile hike or a longer 5 mile meandering loop you're able to do that at the Sweetwater Preserve. Just keep an eye out for mountain bikers as this is a popular place for them. -
December Art Hike Recap - Seven Falls, Sabino Canyon, Tucson, AZ
For our last Art Hike of 2022 we visited one of my favorite hikes: Seven Falls in Bear Canyon. I love recommending this hike to people visiting Tucson because you get a little bit of everything: desert landscape, plenty of saguaros, canyon views, many, many creek crossings, and of course a waterfall at the end! -
October Fall Colors Art Hike Recap - Bear Wallow, Mt Lemmon, AZ
October's Art Hike was full of beautiful fall colors! Bear Wallow on Mt Lemmon is my favorite place for fall colors when the autumn season comes to Arizona. This unofficial trail is one of the top 5 places to find fall colors in Arizona according to Arizona Highways Magazine. -
Ramsey Canyon Preserve & Hamburg Trail - Sierra Vista, AZ
I'd just finished reading Wynne Brown's biography of Sara Plummer Lemmon called "The Forgotten Botanist" and was reminded that Sara and her husband JG Lemmon spent a lot of time botanizing the Huachucas, an Arizona Sky Island I'd never visited before! I looked on a map and quickly started planning my trip there. -
Heather-Maple Pass Loop - Washington
Gorgeous doesn't even begin to describe the beauty of this trail. I was grinning the entire time, I could. not. stop. grinning!! And also crying every now and then, from pure amazement of the scenery and also of my body slowly taking me up the trail. -
July Art Hike Recap - Bear Wallow, Mt Lemmon, AZ
This month's Art Hike took us to one of my favorite areas of the Catalinas: Bear Wallow. I love this trail because it's fairly flat so it's accessible to most people and you get a lot of "bang for your buck" in terms of beauty. Gorgeous aspens, conifers, ferns and wildflowers can be found along this trail. -
June Art Hike Recap - Marshall Gulch, Mt Lemmon, AZ
For June's Art Hike we headed back up Mt Lemmon to one of my favorite trails: Marshall Gulch. We got incredibly lucky with some cloud cover because this trail can get warm in the sun. We had another great group come out to hike and paint, some new faces and some who joined us last month.
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