Only 24 miles from Fountain Hills, Arizona and you feel like you are a world away. You drive 18 miles on a good dirt 4×4 road. You have to be careful of ATV and dirt bike traffic because there are many blind curves. Many people relate the dessert to flat, big wide expansive views, but [...]

Amethyst Trail · Arizona · Brown's Trail · Fountain Hills · Four Peaks · Four Peaks Loop Trail · Roosevelt Reservoir

We started at Kingman Wash in the cove on the Arizona side of Lake Mead. A few people camped on the banks either fishing or boating. Our kayaks are Advanced Elements, AdvancedFrame. The kayak is a hybrid of a folding frame kayak and an inflatable kayak. It’s nice to have inflatable kayaks as they can [...]

Arizona · Hoover Dam · Lake Mead · Nevada

This hike is the third hardest hike we have ever done. It is 6.2 miles round trip. The elevation gain is not that bad at 890 feet, but you are hiking on gravel and sand. Hiking down White Rock Canyon was fun with slot canyons and beautiful white boulders you have to go over. It was mostly shaded which helped a lot.

Arizona Hot Springs · Hoover Dam · White Rock Canyon

We drove up to the town of Jerome, Arizona from Camp Verde, Arizona.  Jerome is know as the most vertical city in the United States.  As we approached the town we realized they were not kidding at how vertical this old mining town is. Camp Verde where we began is at 3,147 and you rise [...]

Arizona · Jerome

For many years we have traveled through Sedona, but have not had very much interest in spending too much time since most of  the hiking trails did not allow dogs.  This latest visit we were so happy to find the regulations regarding dogs had changed. That opened up a whole new arena for our hiking [...]

Arizona · Sedona