Lynda Green On Oct. 25 the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club gathered at Catalina State Park for its semi-annual picnic celebration. Unlike their spring picnic, which serves as the club’s annual meeting, the fall event simply creates a venue for a large group of members to get together, talk about hikes and other travels, and just be…
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December 2024, Front Page
Hikers Trek Through Arizona History
Ruth Caldwell and Bruce Landeck On a beautiful, mid-November morning, guided by co-leaders Ruth Caldwell and Marc Humphrey, 10 members of the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club enjoyed a peaceful 4.5-mile hike on the Anza National Historic Trail near Tubac. The Anza Trail was established through desert and mountain passes between 1775-76 by 39-year old Juan Bautista…
December 2024, Front Page
Arizona Trail Maintenance Receives Assistance from New Mexico
Lori Anderson Four members of the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club conducted maintenance of the Oracle section of the Arizona National Scenic Trail on Oct. 16. A gorgeous morning and beautiful scenery greeted us on the trail. Former trail steward Ray Peale drove all the way from Santa Fe, N.M., to join us. Thank you, Ray! The…
Clubs & Classes, November 2024
Peakbagging in New England
Bruce Hale The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club welcomes guide Aaron Schoenberg as the November program speaker. His topic will be “Peakbagging in New England,” a summary of climbs to 67 peaks in that area over many years. He will present this program at the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20. Fifty-five…
Clubs & Classes, October 2024
Hiking Club Hosts Search and Rescue Team in October
Jim Solon The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club Program Committee will host members of the Southern Arizona Rescue Association (SARA) on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 4 p.m. in the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center. SARA is a nonprofit, all-volunteer search and rescue team organization serving Southern Arizona and Pima County since 1958 without a charge for its services.…
October 2024, Clubs & Classes
Arizona National Scenic Trail Work Sessions Resume
Lori Anderson Ray Peale, who has been coordinating trail maintenance work sessions with the Arizona Trail Association (ATA) for several years, has moved and will be unable to continue in his role representing the Hiking Club as steward of Oracle Passage #13. I’ve been assisting Ray since October of 2023 and will take over for…
September 2024, Front Page
Hikers Replace SaddleBrooke Overlook Flag
Jeff Love One of our new SaddleBrooke Hiking Club members recently noticed that the American flag overlooking SaddleBrooke was badly shredded. Kris Brown suggested to me that he and I hike up to the overlook above Arroyo Way to replace the damaged flag. “What about snakes?” I asked hesitantly. “No problem,” Kris replied. Then he…
September 2024, Clubs & Classes
Hiking Club Hosts Search and Rescue Team in October
Jim Solon The SaddleBrooke Hiking Club Program Committee will host members of the Southern Arizona Rescue Association (SARA) on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 4 p.m. in the SaddleBrooke One Activity Center. SARA is a nonprofit, all-volunteer search and rescue team organization serving Southern Arizona and Pima County since 1958 without a charge for its services.…
September 2024, Sports
Mary Gajeske Embroiders the Flags for SaddleBrooke Pickleball
Raymond H. Goettsch SaddleBrooke Pickleball Association (SPA) has adopted a new logo. Now, this is where Mary Gajeske comes in. Mary has been embroidering items for 20 years, and she has embroidered flags and T-shirts with SPA logos for 17 years. She uses a sewing machine with a hoop attachment for embroidering. When Mary receives…
July 2024, Clubs & Classes
Hiking Club Travels to Page and Southern Utah
Dale Leman Each year the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club Trip Committee organizes one or more destination hiking trips. This year Page, Ariz., was chosen for a spring trip. The hiking days were April 16-18. In total, 86 SaddleBrooke residents went on the trip. The keys to these Hiking Club trips are the actual hikes themselves. The…