Jan Sherwood That’s the phrase Seattleites use to determine what the day’s weather will be. If you can see Mount Rainier, it’ll be a sunny day. Twenty-three members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club traveled to Washington state to explore trails in western Washington. Ann Rohlman, Jan Sherwood, and Nancy Love planned and led hikes that…
Pete Williams The longest standing member of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club, Bill Halte, recently reached his 8,000-mile milestone, the third highest total in club history. Bill was instrumental in the creation of the club in the late nineties and was the club’s leading hiker for many years. Over the years, Bill has played several roles in the…
Pete Williams On a bright clear Oct. 9 day, ten hikers from the PebbleCreek Hiking Club wandered through a Joshua Tree Forest just north of Wickenburg. Our destination was a single Saguaro living among the Joshua trees. What’s fascinating is that Joshua trees live is the Mohave Desert while Saguaros live in the Sonoran Desert.…
Pete Williams On Sept. 5, Lynn Warren surpassed 9,000 miles hiking with the PebbleCreek Hiking Club, only the second club member to do so. And he’s only been with the club for eight years, averaging more than 1,000 miles a year! Lynn participates in all the types of hikes we do—regular day hikes, exploratory hikes, out of…
Pete Williams Ten members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club enjoyed an early hike in the nearby Estrella Mountain Regional Park on Aug. 31. While it does get very hot in the summer, the club compensates by hiking very early, as we started at 6 a.m., generally finishing by 10 a.m. Even so, summer hiking is not…
Pete Williams The PebbleCreek Hiking Club did an overnight hiking trip to Death Valley February 26-March 1. The weather was terrific; sunny and 70-80 degrees each day. While there is little vegetation there, Death Valley is surprisingly scenic with lots of colorful rock formations. And we visited a couple of waterfalls with water flowing as…
Pete Williams Twelve hikers from the PebbleCreek Hiking Club did an adventurous hike around Twin Peaks and up to Dana’s Arch in Wickenburg on January 30. This loop hike goes over a saddle, across open desert, along a sandy wash, up a narrow canyon and finally a bushwhack up to an interesting arch. The club…
Pete Williams Twenty hikers from the PebbleCreek Hiking Club did a loop hike up to Arrowhead Point in Peoria on January 26. Right behind the camera is a view down to the Arrowhead Lakes housing development. This is a very unusual view for Arizona – lots of water. Arrowhead Lakes has canals, docks behind the…
Pete Williams Eight members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club did a hike in nearby Skyline Regional Park on September 5. Members hiking that day included (left to right): Joe Clarkson (hike leader), Linda Vaughn, Dave Schuldt, Dennis Zigmunt, Wayne McKinney, Roger Sanders, Lynn Warren (photographer) and Pete Williams. A small number of club members can…