In response to AZHikr4444's reply: Thanks Mike! Thanks for the tips! Being conscience of being hydrated is definitely a new thing for me so every reminder helps ;-). I will look out for community college class offers and start doing some initial homework by reading some of the articles under the Ma...

Hi. I am an outdoors newbie -I've lived in urban cities all my life and never learned to outdoor live. Now I find myself in (upper) Scottdale - desert life. I love to run but the thought of being confronted with any desert wild critter or in contact with any prickly organism, keeps me from learning ...