Walt Shields Since 2007 the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club has participated in a biannual cleanup of Catalina Hills Drive from SaddleBrooke Blvd to its entrance into the Preserve as part of the Adopt-A-Highway program of Pinal County. On November 28, nine members of the club spent time on a treasure hunt along the highway. In addition…
Linda Nagy A group of 29 SaddleBrooke tour participants, including my husband and me, just returned from a fun-filled, educational week-long bus tour to Northwestern Mexico and Copper Canyon region. We boarded a luxury bus in SaddleBrooke and left Monday morning, November 19 to head for the Nogales Mexican Border. After stops in Santa Ana…
Norm Rechkemmer Annually at the fall picnic the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club honors one or more individuals who have made a significant contribution to the club during the past year. This year the SBHC board of directors has chosen Susan Hollis and Randy Park. Randy and Susan have kept the club hiking statistics for several years…
It’s fun to begin a work session on the Arizona Trail with a 4×4 ride down Kannally Wash in Oracle State Park. Sixteen volunteers were transported to the work site in off-road vehicles driven by Steve Meyers, Joe Maurizzi, Barry Larson, Gary Faulkenberry and Zach MacDonald. Even though the temperatures were cold on the 14th…
Presentation of a thank you letter from the Arizona Trail Association to Norm Rechkemmer, president of the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club, for the club’s donation of $1000 to the Seeds of Stewardship program. The Seeds of Stewardship program takes students into outdoor settings to provide environmental education and stewardship learning.
Lou Powers On November 2, Phil McNamee arranged for 42 members and guests of the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club to travel 1300 miles round trip by tour bus to visit the majestic 25,000 sq. mile Copper Canyons Park area of Mexico. Stops along the way included Hermosillo with a stroll around the Plaza Zaragoza with its…
AZT in a Day was a special event to celebrate the 800+ mile Arizona National Scenic Trail. For the first time in United States’ history a national scenic trail was hiked, biked and ridden by equestrians from beginning to end in 24 hours. Members of our SaddleBrooke Hiking Club hiked the entire 8.7-mile Oracle Passage…
Martha, age 86, not only leads morning fitness walks five days a week for the SaddleBrooke Hiking Club, she was the oldest hiker in the Arizona Trail in a Day event on October 6. Martha is a role model for staying active through walking and hiking.
Elisabeth Wheeler Temperatures are cooling down and it is time to volunteer for SaddleBrooke Hiking Club’s October 17 Work Session on the Arizona Trail, 7:30 a.m. from SaddleBrooke. Come and join the fun; it’s enjoyable to work side by side with other hiking club members, as we help maintain the “Oracle Passage” section of…
Elisabeth Wheeler Is it possible to complete the whole Arizona National Scenic Trail in a day? Not by one individual. However, if hundreds of hikers, bikers and equestrian riders travel on every segment of the trail on October 6 it can be done. If successful in this effort, it will be the first time…