Next Board Meeting March 17, 2010 at Apache Junction City Council Chambers Arizona State Parks keeps 9 Parks Open, 13 More Will Close. The Arizona State Parks Board on January 15 voted to keep nine parks open and close the remaining thirteen State Parks in a phased series of closures starting Febru...

Well, I won't be able to make this event and I'm sorely disappointed. I've been planning a Sedona w/e for months now, and just my luck... it's the w/e of the 26th!! FIGURES!!

Oh well, maybe next time...

Woohoo... you go, Tempe8!! I have many opinions, but no more fuel for this fire. Hallelujah for democracy and freedom!! And I thank God every day for all the men and women past, present, and future who are willing to sacrifice their lives, their freedoms, their comforts, safety and security for me a...

Hey Tracker, I think Arizonaheat is familiar w/ that Saguaro. You might want to send him a pm about it.

Yeah, that was it!! Worst s'more I ever ate!! :rollH:

I don't have your number, by the way!! I don't know what I did w/ it, but I never programmed it into my phone!! Now stop that guilt trip stuff... you know better than that!!

That looks like the same sunset I watched one night a few weeks ago (bet its the same one!!) I called everyone I knew and told them to go outside because it looked like the sky was a sea of fire!! It was amazing. My mother was inside a store Christmas shopping and refused to put down her bargains. A...

WOW... I don't have the capabilities or know-how to make my own Holiday Greeting card, but I do have the capability to wish every single one of you the best of holidays filled w/ family, friends, good health, lots of wealth, love that fills you up inside like a cup of hot cocoa topped w/ marshmallow...

Wow, that sounds like an awesome hike. Sounds like you've done it before. I know I think about it everyday as I look at them. Do you happen to know the total mileage one way?? If you start at Shea, where do you finish? And is there a trail or are you on your own? I apologize for all the questions, b...

I travel northbound on the 101 to Scottsdale from Chandler everyday, and I see those same mountains. I've been wondering about a ridgeline hike of the McDowells. Anyone know about that??

Thanks, Stan!! I'll take two. I need a new set of bookends!!

BoyNhisDog wrote:Hopefully it is not some keeping up with the Joneses mentality.

I'm doing well if I'm keeping up w/ arizonaheat or snow22_5150!! They are great pace-setters and motivators. As is Mike... now to me, he's a fast hiker worth trying to keep up with... if you can, that is!!

Here is my point from the beginning and all the way thru to the end... There are many different levels, abilities, types, personalities, etc. of what we do. This is the best example I've been able to come up w/... There are people who walk, wog, jog, sprint, run, marathon, cross-country... There are...

For everyone, like me, looking for a more satisfying term and/or word besides simply "hike" (an extended walk) here is what I've found... "Intense" characteristics of an extreme degree; to the utmost; deeply felt by nature or temperament; immoderate, intemperate "Vehement&qu...

Absolutely gorgeous... wish I could've made it to experience it first hand. Thank you for sharing.

I sense in this topic hints of "eliteism", when, after all, none of these hikes such as the Flatiron, Ridgeline, etc. are actually of a high level of difficulty. When one has done, perhaps, the Grand Canyon R-R-R, in 8 hours, at that point, one could act condescending to fellow hikers who...

GOOD NEWS!! I've talked to Mike twice in the last week and just got off the phone w/ him... He sounds so much better!! And it sounds like he's gonna stay here!! :D He really sounded good tonight. His spirits were up, his mood was light and fun again... I just had to share the news. I'm very excited...

Sredfield wrote:
But JMZ is correct

I think I might have this framed!! Merry Christmas to me!!
Thanks, Shawn

Okay, a few margaritas later and I just might be able to pronounce that!! Funny thing is, even w/o the margaritas, that word somehow makes perfect sense to me and I understand it completely!!

Lately, I've been hearing the term "extreme hiking", but frankly, I think that term extreme has become too commercial lately!! EVERYTHING is extreme these days. And thats too bad, because that could actually work, if it just wasnt so overused.