Hiking Saguaro Flower Festival 2019 SimonMay 12, 20190 Last year it was April 29 when I took the pictures for the Saguaro Flower Festival 2018. This year it was May 4. I...
Hiking Serendipity In April SimonMay 8, 20190 April 2019 serendipity number one. Visiting the Rose Garden at the Huntington Library at the peak of the first...
DECLINE Decline in February SimonFebruary 18, 20190 "Die young as late as possible." Doug Ward Photo credit Lilli Burrow. Taken at MorningStar. The assisted living...
Hiking Dreamy Draw Hike SimonFebruary 11, 20190 On Thursday I hiked in Dreamy Draw with the Leisure Hikers a Brandeis Study Group. It was a beautiful day with a very...
Hiking Words Seldom Seen: Gulch SimonFebruary 7, 20190 Gulch Noun: A narrow steep sided ravine or valley. Example: "The gulch was easier to cross than the canyon." The...
DECLINE Doug Ward RIP SimonJanuary 15, 20190 Doug Ward 1947-2018 Doug and I shared an apartment for a year or so in the early 1970's. The exact date and...
DECLINE Why I Hike SimonJanuary 14, 20190 This question has come up a few times lately. My ready answer was "because I can." Eventually I had to give it some...
Hiking Trump Made Me Pee in the Desert SimonDecember 24, 20180 We went south on Saturday 12/22 to visit friends and to see the Saguaro National Park. It turned out the park was...
Hiking Western River Expeditions SimonOctober 6, 20180 When we got back from our Grand Canyon float trip in June I posted the picture above and a pithy comment on the Western...