Glad to hear it. Our son is down there in the valley looking too--he has been out of work for about 6 weeks. He was an America West casualty. He said until he was out of a job he thought everyone else was just lazy and not looking very hard--he has changed his tune. Does he know about this event? Su...

What a great hike!! It was great to get up to the cool pines. What a beautiful sight. Kelly thanks for organizing a great day!!Who ever did the trail description, you did a great job.

Hey Scrapper...I am in for the hike. But Sunday will work for me...I will also be bringing a friend............

I have a friend/neighbor named Patrick Cain.He is currently writing a book and a chapter will explore Native American culture.Specifically the Hopi Prophecies and a petroglyph called Prophecy Rock.With his permission,this is his research on Prophecy Rock:[short version] Located in the mysterious Fou...

Is this the article?

http://www.azcentral.com/travel/arizona ... hikes.html

A night hike ,during a full moon,would be fun.

Best

Bill

I think the issue is preservation vs. conservation.Here's a link to Senator Kyl's comments: http://kyl.senate.gov/#statmnt "Environmentally-sound strategies such as forest thinning and controlled burns clear away small, dry, and disease-prone trees and underbrush that serve as kindling for fire...

We will be picking up AzScrapper on the way.This AM was nice n kool.[relatively speaking]Here's hoping for a repeat.

Regards,

Bill

We are in for the early morning 4th of July hike. Let us know the directions as we have only been to the park once, awhile ago. Just the short drive to the top look-out.
Bill & BettyAnn

Hi Sharon, actually wrote a long response last week regarding Rick Harris' books/sites, and Sacred Mountain/rattlesnake.....(Happy Solstice) as well as little about me, things I've experienced in AZ wilderness and when I went to send it, poof! I couldn't retrieve it I had the same problem.I think th...

Glad you guys liked that site.I'm still trying to par the course.My putting skill,or lack of,is why I don't play golf on a real course

Bill@can'tputt4squat.com

Here's a few sites that I have bookmarked in my favorites: How stuff works in laymans terms. http://www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm For the gardeners. http://ag.arizona.edu./pubs/garden/mg/ http://ag.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/ This site has information for anyone who has or is planning to retire e...

Here's a satellite view of the fire.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/iod.html
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/

I received an e-mail from Mary Estes[SHPO]with more detailed information about the program. I asked her for permission to cut and paste it to the HAZ site and I got the okey dokey today. Join the statewide network of volunteers who are helping preserve archaeological sites around the state. If you l...

Hi GTG,

Will do,It's an area that interests me and I thought some HAZ folk might share that interest.

All the Best,

Bill@SeeYaattheShindig.com

spirited, I would like to suggest Sedona,which is about 2-2.5 hours from the Grand Canyon. The drive from the Grand Canyon will take you thru Flagstaff.The drive from Flagstaff to Sedona[Hwy 89],IMO,is one of the most scenic in Az. Here's a link to hikes in the Sedona area,type Sedona in the search ...

Greetings, Exit lurk mode....first post. We[Bill and Betty Ann]met some HAZ members on the Rogers Canyon hike and plan to attend the Chili Shindig. I recently requested some information from the State Historic Presevation Office[SHPO] about their Arizona Site Steward Program. Here's a link to their ...