Dana Thomas PebbleCreek Hiking Club members getting out in the late spring and summer have the pleasure of seeing ironwood trees and saguaro cacti in bloom. The club has regularly scheduled hikes year round; see pchikers.org for more information. Pictured here on a trail in the White Tank Mountain Regional Park are, from left to…
Lynn Warren Stacey Miller, along with six fellow hikers, reached another milestone on a scenic hike in the Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area, just north of Cave Creek. This former ranch is now part of the Maricopa County Park System and is a prime example of high Sonoran Desert and incorporates both valley floor and…
From Detroit to the Desert Ann Rohlman Nadine Eder and her husband Jeff moved to PebbleCreek after owning a condo in the Fountain Hills area for several years. Eluding the winters in Detroit was the primary motivation for their initial move. They then moved to PebbleCreek because of the many activities and clubs available to…
Vicki Carter “You are never too old to set a new goal or to dream a new dream.”—C.S. Lewis For the many friends of Marilyn Reynolds, it came as no surprise when she announced that she was having two parties to celebrate her 75th birthday and her significant accomplishment of 10,000 hiking miles. In true…
Hikers Looking for Gold? Check out the large pieces of quartz rock in this photo. Your PC Hikers searched for gold while exploring the Gloriana Segment of the 80-mile Black Canyon Trail. (This trail is part of the historic National Recreation Trail, a route used since prehistoric times by Native American Tribes. The Gloriana Trailhead…
Ruth Bindler International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global celebration of economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It was held on March 8 this year, and members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club gathered to acknowledge the accomplishments of women throughout history. IWD began in 1908 with a march through New York City by 15,000…
Lynn Warren The Hiking Club normally engages in serious hiking but recognizes that another important aspect of the club is social, so staged a hiking version of Octoberfest with a local 7-mile loop around the neighborhood on Oct. 2. The hike started at PebbleCreek much later than usual and stopped at three different establishments, ending…
Hikers Enjoy Estrella Mountain Regional Park Lynn Warren The Maricopa County Park System encompasses 14 different areas, and Estrella Mountain Regional Park, a short distance south of PebbleCreek (PC), is one visited frequently by PC hikers since it is close and offers a variety of trails that can be combined to create hikes of different…
Lynn Warren While Phoenix temperatures were consistently hitting triple digits, three Hiking Club couples headed north for a week in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Park and enjoyed great weather, with temperatures topping out around 80 degrees. If you haven’t been to the Tetons, the mountains are magnificent and offer great hiking. On June 28,…
Dana L. Thomas The Agua Fria River begins east-northeast of Prescott and flows through Black Canyon on its way to Lake Pleasant. Hiking the Black Canyon Trail from the Table Mesa Trailhead takes you down to the river a short distance from Lake Pleasant. During the early fall, this section of the river was too…