From our boondocking spot in Camp Verde, we rode out a gravel road and did a hike up along Clear Creek. The hike actually goes for something like 21 miles but you have to cross the creek (the sign calls it swim crossings), about a dozen times each way. We just did a few miles …
After spending the summer in Colorado, we’re now in Camp Verde, AZ for a week before we visit family in Tucson for Christmas. It’s sunny, warm, and extremely quiet in our dispersed camping spot. We see a couple cars come by each day but that’s it. We have a short lapse in our health insurance …
Happy December! We’re in Tucson for the holidays and have been enjoying the sunshine and family time. Our posts will be sporadic over the next few months. BUT, I forgot to do our last post from the Camp Verde area. We hiked around a little canyon by our camp spot to see some petroglyphs we …
Wanting a low key, quiet hike, we drove the short distance and hike Woods Canyon by Oak Creak. This is a pretty mellow hike that heads up the canyon along Beaver Creek. The creek was dry except for the small crossing at the trailhead where there was a small trickle. In the spring the waterflow …
We were a little leary because the Bell Trail to Wet Beaver Creek is listed as one of the most popular hikes in the area and I dislike lots of people around when I hike. But, we figured it was worth a try and got an early start on a weekday. Turns out there was …
Established December 8, 1906, Montezuma Castle is the third National Monument dedicated to preserving Native American culture. We visited on a weekday and it’s a quick trip through the park to view the ruins. Neither part of this monument’s name is correct. When European-Americans first saw the ruins in the 1860s, by then long-abandoned, they …