Elisabeth Wheeler Hiking guide Ruth Caldwell led a hike from Golder Ranch Road into the Coronado National Forest in early May. Participants were pleasantly surprised by the interesting terrain with diverse views of the desert and the Santa Catalinas. Just as the sun rose over the mountains, Ruth guided the group to a low mound.…
Karen Gray On June 18, four SaddleBrooke hikers—Carol Burke, Elissa Cochran, Yvette Sibulsky, and hiking guide Karen Gray—set out for Honey Bee Canyon to hike the south trail, a path they had never before hiked. The scheduled hike for this day was to be the Nature, Canyon, and Birding loops in Catalina State Park. Unfortunately,…
Esta Goldstein To all of you who are caregivers or family members of neurologically-impaired loved ones, this period of time due to COVID-19 has been particularly very exhausting, full of anxiety, frustrating, and difficult keeping our loved ones so fully isolated, protected from possible contraction of the virus. It has been making our health needs…
Dottie Adams As we shuffle out of line dance limbo, progress has been made to reunite the SaddleBrooke Line Dance Club (SBLDC). The SBLDC has submitted their plan for getting back on the dance floor. A communication has been sent to members with the details on participation. In addition to following the steps in the…
Pam Boedeker SaddleBrooke Nature Club’s meeting room is closed but that didn’t stop us from having Doris Evans show us her photography of the critters in her yard. She is our favorite speaker and closes out our season every year. This year she came to us on Zoom. Doris has a growing collection of cameras…
Elisabeth Wheeler Hiking adventurers from SaddleBrooke trekked into the foothills of the Coronado State Forest. These hikes can lead to interesting discoveries. Brian Hand led several hikers to this prominent flag planted high above SaddleBrooke homes. It even has a solar element to keep it lighted at night. Who placed it here? It’s another mystery to…
Hazel Staloff SaddleBrooke Republican Club (SBRC) members participated in a variety of virtual events that facilitated their continued status as informed voters. Individual town hall meetings were held on June 8 and 16 with the two Republican candidates for Senator, challenger Daniel McCarthy and incumbent Martha McSally, who had a 26-year career in the Air Force,…
Barbara Barr The Rotary Club of SaddleBrooke celebrated the old year and rang in the new year at the Passing the Gavel ceremony on June 25. Outgoing president Barbara Barr praised her board of directors and the members for helping to break records as an award-winning club. The club also led the entire Rotary District 5500…
Hazel Staloff SaddleBrooke Republican Club (SBRC) members participated in a variety of virtual events that facilitated their continued status as informed voters. Individual town hall meetings were held on June 8 and 16 with the two Republican candidates for Senator, challenger Daniel McCarthy and incumbent Martha McSally. As a youth living in New York, McCarthy…
Ann Kuperberg The Bighorn fire has brought devastation to the Catalina Mountains and smoke-filled air as well as fear of evacuation for SaddleBrooke residents. Along with the coronavirus, we’ve had much to be concerned with. Yet, we go to doctor appointments, hair salons, and clubhouse for dinner or visit the malls, wearing our face masks…