The wifey and I spend a weekend at a nearby resort to celebrate our anniversary. We were walking through the resort and came across one of their nature trails which looked nice, so we decided to have a go at it even though we were both in our flip flops. The trail wasn’t too bad,…
We spent almost a week in Sedona and while we were there I was really anxious to go find some cliff dwellings that I’d read about in other blogs. These aren’t on any map, there are no signs and no trails to lead you there. You just have to kind of find your way around…
On a trip to Tucson we were looking for a quick and easy hike and we found Honeybee Canyon. It’s a 1.5 mile round trip hike through a sandy wash that leads you to a main rock with petroglyphs left by the Hohokam people over 600 years ago. I remember reading something about there being…
When I started searching for ruins to hike to, I found that google maps can be a great asset when looking for Hohokam “cells” in the mountains. The cells represent the walls of the communities that have remained since the Hohokam peoples disappearance around 600 years ago. This site is close to home, so it…
My wife and I decided to go for a short hike to the Sears Kay Ruins which are about 30 minutes from our home. I hadn’t known about these until recently, and have been wanting to check them out ever since. It’s an easy hike, slightly uphill to the ruins, then downhill all the way…
We took a trip up to Sedona and visited some ruins left from the Sinagua Indians that are slightly off the beaten trail. The ruins are still managed by the Forest Service, but it’s a bumpy dirt road to get to them. It’s amazing how well preserved they still are even after being uninhabited for…
