**These hikes took place on O’odham, Akimel O’odham, and Yavapai Apache lands** My parents sent us a Phoenix hiking guidebook when we first moved in and our first hike was the closest one mentioned in the guidebook (Lookout Mountain). It had been a bit since we had picked another trail from there with so many… Read More Six Months In- Hiking Roundup
**We camped and hiked on Hopi, Pueblo, and Tonto Apache lands** After visiting Sedona with my parents a few weeks ago Kirk and I knew that we wanted to do more hiking in the area. Sedona was a split between the desert and Flagstaff area. The landscape was dramatic with pine trees littering the hillsides… Read More Rocky Road and the Quickest Way Down
**These hikes took place on Akimel O’odham, Hia-Ced O’odham, Hopi, Pueblo, and Tonto Apache lands** At the end of October my parents came out for a visit. I took a few days off work to spend a long weekend with them. It hadn’t cooled down quite as much as we had hoped but it stayed… Read More An Audio Tour and the Trails that Lied to Us
**These hikes took place on Akimel O’odham, Yavapai Apache, Hopi, Pueblo, and Tonto Apache lands** A couple of weeks ago we were fortunate enough to get a visitor! My sister came out for a long weekend and we absolutely loved having her. Kirk had a three day weekend and I had plenty of PTO so… Read More Volcanic Sands and an Escape from Solitude
**These hikes took place on O’odham, Akimel O’odham, and Yavapai Apache lands** It’s time for another round up of new hikes! After our attempt to hike Piestawa Peak a couple weekends prior we knew that if we wanted to find a parking spot we needed to get there early. 5 am early. So we woke… Read More Four Months In – Hiking Roundup
Before moving from Kansas we had a fantastic camping trip with my sister, one of her friends, and a friend of mine. We had a wonderful time in the Ozarks camping with friends and had planned on doing more trips like that. Then Kirk got a new job and we were sad to give up… Read More A Chilled Camping Weekend
Since we had a three day weekend we decided to explore outside the city more. This time our destination was Saguaro National Park. We woke up at 3:30am to drive down and hit the Desert Discovery Trail just as the sun was rising. Every time a trail has plant identification signs we’re thrilled. There is… Read More Sea of Saguaros
To get away from the brutal desert heat we headed north to Prescott. Prescott has a history as an Old West town and was founded by Colonel William Prescott, a notable person during the Revolutionary War. To establish his allegiance to his new country he changed the pronunciation of his last name from “Pres-cot” to… Read More Prescott, Like Biscuit
Since we’ve moved out here, almost a month and a half ago, we’ve hiked every weekend. Most of these hikes have been about 2 hours or less than 5 miles. It gets hot quick! Usually we wake up at 5 to head to a trailhead and by 6 it’s 95+ degrees. Once the sun hits… Read More Two Months In – Hiking Roundup
It’s been a minute but we have some news (and new posts soon); we’ve renamed our blog and updated our social media as well! Endeavor to Adventure reflects our lifestyle and what we want this blog to be focused on. We’re making a couple of other changes too. Instead of both of us writing every… Read More Introducing: Endeavor to Adventure
