Mile 662 - Pistol Hill Rd. To Mile 683 - Stealth We decided to actually leave Magic Camp today. We got up after sunrise and packed our stuff. Breakfast was pancakes and bacon; they had enough for all 8 hikers and bikers there. We were the first to leave, reluctantly, at around 9 am. Verde … Continue reading Day 38. Diversity

Mile 662 - Pistol Hill Rd. This morning, Debora offered to drive Rocket and I to the Titan Missile Museum, which is nearby. They are also homeschool parents and thought This would be a good learning opportunity for Rocket. This was definitely not in our plan, but, we are slightly ahead of our scheduled end … Continue reading Day 37. Titan Missile Museum

Mile 641 - Saguaro National Park North Boundary To Mile 662 - Pistol Hill Rd. Entering Saguaro National Park Next up on the sky island parade is Mt. Mica, inside Saguaro National Park. Camping is restricted inside the park to established campgrounds. Because neither of the options align with the number of miles we were … Continue reading Day 36. Magic Camp

Mile 620 - Stealth To Mile 641 - Saguaro National Park North Boundary We woke up surprisingly warm, for our elevation. Descending only a few hundred feet, the temperature went down instead of up. We had camped so high to avoid a drive-in campsite down in the valley. As soon as we arrived at the … Continue reading Day 35. Climbing Again

Mile 602 - Summerhaven To Mile 620 - Stealth Fall, again Leaving the top of My. Lemmon felt like going back in time. We were in a pine forest with peak fall colors. There were sounds of a flowing stream and birds chirping in the trees. It is difficult to comprehend that yesterday we were … Continue reading Day 34. Descending Mt. Lemmon

Mile 589 - Stealth To Mile 602 - Summerhaven We waited until we could see sun shining on the tent before venturing out this morning. It was cold, but we quickly warmed up as we hiked the rest of the way up Mt. Lemmon. It was a fun hike in the snow and bright sunshine. … Continue reading Day 33. Hiker Trash

Mile 571 - Stealth To Mile 589 - Stealth Today we leave the low desert for the first sky island heading southbound: Mt. Lemmon. The top is around 8000' elevation where we'll be back in pine forest. The extreme amount of diversity in such a small area makes this section special. We've been looking forward … Continue reading Day 32. Clouds on the Horizon

Mile 547 - Stealth To Mile 571 - Stealth Lots of this today Another day in the low desert. We're reminding ourselves to appreciate the little things along the way as we look forward to Mt. Lemmon coming soon.

Mile 525 - Kearny To Mile 547 - Stealth Desert The trail will treat us to a few days of desert walking here in the southern section. This will be a big change of pace from the continuous mountains we've encountered so far. The flat won't last long, however. Cool sky We'll remain in the … Continue reading Day 30. Sonoran Desert

Mile 525 - Kearny Time for a rest day! Breakfast burro. No wimpy burritos here! According to the article about themselves on display at the library, they embrace their reputation as the friendliest town on the AZT. We agree! Lots of cheap food at Buzzy's Drive-inn It took only one phone call and we had … Continue reading Day 29. Kearny