On October 4, six members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club did the Watson Lake Loop trail in Prescott. We had beautiful weather in the 70s for this outstanding hike in Prescott’s Granite Dells. Hiking that day were (left to right) Pete Williams, Marilyn Reynolds, Clare Bangs, Dennis Zigmunt, Mary Hill (hike leader), and Lynn Warren (photographer). The club does eight hikes a week with hikes as close as Verrado and as far away as Sedona and Prescott. For more hike pictures and information about the club, please visit the club’s website at pchikers.org.
Left to right: Dennis Zigmunt, Helen Lewandowski, Clare Bangs, Mark Frumkin, Pete Williams and Lynn Warren (photographer) pause in the Garden Valley area of the Superstitions.
Lynn Warren
Clare Bangs began hiking with the club in 2013 and is averaging 1,000 miles a year. The 2017-2018 hiking season started on September 25 and just four days later, on a 9.5-mile hike in the Superstitions, Clare celebrated the first milestone of the new season by reaching 4,000 career miles—pretty impressive for someone who took time out for a knee replacement just six months earlier. As is customary, the group paused during the hike to document the occasion and enjoy a champagne toast before continuing (only a couple of ounces each; didn’t want to be guilty of HUI). The club hikes five days a week all around the valley and offers interesting hikes for almost every fitness level; visit the club website at PCHIKERS.ORG for more information and photos.
Left to right: Clare Bangs, Bill Halte, Mark Frumkin, Ed Kim, Marilyn Reynolds and Lynn Warren (photographer) pause in Horse Thief Wash after crossing under Bush Highway through the giant culverts.
Lynn Warren
Six “B” hikers enjoyed an interesting nine-mile loop in the Goldfield Mountains area just north of the Salt River near Saguaro Lake. The hike began at the Blue Point parking area and went up the historic Heber-Reno Sheep Driveway (wash) for a break at an old limestone oven built into the rock wall of the wash around 1900. The hike continued east past Stewart Mountain to a ridge with a nice view of Saguaro Lake and then descended through Horse Thief Wash and giant culverts under Bush Highway. On the return to Blue Point, the hikers were rewarded with the highlight of the day—-close-up views of several very healthy wild mustangs (technically, feral horses). The hiking club enjoys interesting hikes such as this all around the valley five days a week; check out the club’s website at PCHIKERS.ORG for more information and pictures.