Pete Williams Eighteen hikers from the PebbleCreek Hiking Club did a loop hike in nearby Estrella Mountain Regional Park on February 9. It was a great day to enjoy the outdoors and the hikers saw the beginning of spring as wildflowers were starting to bloom. Hikers that day included: Patti Schuldt, Dave Schuldt, Jean Mignone,…
Lynn Warren Apache Wash Trailhead is part of the northern section of the Phoenix Sonoran Preserve, just south of Cave Creek between Carefree Highway and Dove Valley Road. Although close to developed areas, the preserve offers a variety of scenic trails with names like Sidewinder, Ocotillo, Apache Vista, etc., which provide plenty of challenge; on…
Pete Williams On November 17, 17 members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club enjoyed another great day in paradise by hiking a loop hike in the Deem Hills Recreation Area. Hiking that day were (left to right): Tom Wellman, Marcella Hill, Bob Lenertz, Kathy Sabocinski, Stan Rubinstein, Wayne McKinney, Phil Sabocinski, Art Solorio, Helen Lewandowski, Jeanette…
Spur Cross Ranch The Dragonfly Trail Pete Williams Nine members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club did a hike on December 6 in the Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area. The Dragonfly Trail they did goes through a riparian area known for its numerous bird species. The hikers also hiked along the Metate Trail which has many…
PebbleCreek Hiker reaches rare milestone Pete Williams On October 27, on a hike in the Superstition Mountains, Lynn Warren became only the third hiker in club history to reach the 5,000 mile level. Lynn has been a member since May 2011. And he is the fastest to reach this milestone – taking only five and…
Lynn Warren Many Creekers have visited the Grand Canyon but most have probably limited themselves to the convenient South Rim which is crowded with over five million visitors each year. The North Rim gets just a tenth of that number and on October 6, four PC Hikers traveled approximately 320 miles north to Jacob Lake…
Richard Hinkel Richard and Cora Hinkel recently hiked the Lava Cave just outside of Flagstaff. It truly is a unique “walk in the dark” as the cave is one mile long (one way), unattended and unlit dead-end lava tube formed around 650,000 to 700,000 years ago by molten rock that erupted from a nearby volcanic…
Pete Williams For the first time in club history there were three hikers who hiked over 1,000 miles in the same season. Curiously, the only three hikers on this hike were the three who accomplished the feat – pictured (left to right) are Clare Bangs, Lynn Warren (photographer) and Pete Williams. Pete was the third…
2000 miles and counting Pete Williams The four PebbleCreek Hiking Club rookie hikers shown here have a combined 2000 plus miles on the trails during their first year as club members. Pictured (left to right) are Mark Frumkin, Wayne Wills, Joe Clarkson and Dennis Zigmunt. Jim Gillespie took the photograph. These five hikers enjoyed an…
PC Hiker sets new record Lynn Warren Pete Williams, much like the Energizer Bunny, just keeps on hiking. On July 7, he reached and passed 7,000 miles, the first and only member of the hiking club to ever achieve this impressive total. On his previous hike in Sedona, Pete came within 0.1 mile but held…