Pete Williams On May 27, Dave Schuldt and Wayne McKinney surpassed 2,000 miles hiked with the PebbleCreek Hiking Club. Both Dave and Wayne have been hiking with the club for only three years. Nine other hikers joined Dave and Wayne in celebrating their double milestone on a great and unusually cool day. The club was…
Pete Williams June 1 was designated as National Trails Day by the American Hiking Society, so the PebbleCreek Hiking Club did a hike in nearby Verrado to celebrate the occasion. It was another better-than-expected day to hike as the temperatures continued to be well below normal. For more information about the club please check out…
On Saturday, June 8, the Hiking Club did an 8.1-mile Memorial Hike in honor of Mitch Irlenborn in Estrella Mountain Park. It was a beautiful sunny day for a hike. From left to right are Lynn, “Ausy” Beverly, Ed, Marilyn, Roger, Jim, Mary, Wayne, Clare, Dennis, Ruth and Neal in the early morning sun.
Lynn Warren When the valley heats up, hikers look for interesting trails in cooler areas. On June 3, eight PC hikers headed to Prescott to explore some newer trails in the Granite Dells adjacent to Watson Lake. Timing was perfect since it was a sunny day with puffy white clouds and the scenery was outstanding.…
Pete Williams On May 20, eleven hikers from the PebbleCreek Hiking Club checked out the new Midlife Crisis Trail in South Mountain. It was a surprisingly cool day in May for a hike, almost 20 degrees below normal. This trail was a little more “adventurous” than expected as there were several sections that went across…
Lynn Warren When the hiking club began collecting statistics in 2004, the recorder likely never envisioned needing to use five digits for miles hiked. However, on April 8, Pete Williams, a “Super Hiker” since 2006, became the first and only club hiker to achieve 10,000 miles. Pete and 19 fellow hikers celebrated this great achievement…
Hikers enjoy a day in Sedona Lynn Warren It doesn’t get much better! On May 1, a pleasant, sunny day with puffy white clouds, five “B” hikers headed for the scenic red rock trails in Sedona and enjoyed a ten-mile loop, including going up to and on the always impressive Devil’s Bridge. The group took…
Lynn Warren This season has experienced record turnouts for hikes and April 3, was no exception as 19 hikers enjoyed hiking a relatively flat 8.4-mile Bob Bentley segment of the Black Canyon Trail, just off New River Road north of AZ 74. The club hikes in many interesting areas around the valley, providing the opportunity…
Ruth Bindler Tuesday March 19, dawned in the mid-50s as a beautiful, sunny day with very little wind, a welcome respite from some cold, rainy and windy weather in the previous week. It was a perfect day for a group of 16 PebbleCreek hikers to head for Yarnell. Although a few hiking groups from the…
Another year, another milestone Lynn Warren This year represents an important milestone for those “49’ers” turning 70 so Clare Bangs’ grandson challenged his grandfather to hike 70 miles in seven days to celebrate, which Clare and several others handled easily. Those 70 miles helped Clare reach the lofty milestone of 6,000 miles on March 25,…