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Superstition Mountain Hike

Post author:Colleen
Post published:November 18, 2020
Post category:Adventure Exploring Hiking Videos

Today we headed out to the Superstition Mountains in search of gold! We hiked up the Treasure Loop Trail with a destination of the “Green Rock”. The whole time we were wondering how hilarious it would be if we found the gold mine....What we would do with a gold mine? Given we are retired it was decided that we would have to sell it to the highest bidder. Legend tells of the Lost Dutchman gold mine somewhere within the 160,000 acres of the Superstition Mountains. The gold mine and the mother lode is estimated to be worth $200 million! We…

Courthouse Butte Loop Trail

Post author:Colleen
Post published:November 7, 2020
Post category:Adventure Exploring Hiking Photos

Yesterday we hiked one of the iconic hikes in Sedona, Courthouse Butte Loop Trail. The trail loops around Courthouse Butte and Bell Rock. Bell Rock is known as a powerful metaphysical “vortex” in Sedona...Sedona is known for it’s healing and special properties to create wellbeing.The trail was 4 miles, with some ups and downs equaling about 400’ elevation gain but it felt very level. Most of the hike the weather was overcast but with the sun breaking through occasionally. Even without the sun the colors experienced on this hike were exceptional. We hope to go on more of these beautiful…

Fossil Creek Hike

Post author:Colleen
Post published:November 4, 2020
Post category:Adventure Hiking

Monday we hiked to our first waterfall in the southwest. To reach the trailhead we drove about 16 miles on a 4WD road. The drive took about an hour to go 16 miles because of rocks! Once at the trailhead the hike started by continuing up the dirt road about 1/3 mile before it turned into the woods. While hiking, Carol said she saw a sign that the gate closed at 4pm; so we picked up the pace to get to the falls and back to the car before the gate was shut. I never hiked so fast...it was about…

Verde Canyon Train & Grand Canyon

Post author:Colleen
Post published:November 1, 2020
Post category:Adventure Exploring Hiking National Parks

We have decided to spend the next 9 days in the Sedona area. On Thursday we went on the Verde Canyon Train which explored the Verde River and remote canyon. The tracks were built early 20th century to haul copper from Jerome where one of the largest copper mines in the world was located. It was a fun outing, https://www.legendsofamerica.com/az-jerome/On Friday we took a daytrip to visit the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. When we got there a rush of nostalgia overcame us from when we hiked rim-to-rim and from when we rafted 8 days on the Colorado. We truly…

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