Coming up on an anniversary of sorts for Randolph Park. The largest park in the city, the midtown green space was donated to the city in 1925. It features a golf course, zoo and baseball park along with some significant 3-D sculpture and just plain green grass–and a lake. The heirs of Epes Randolph gave […]
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Our Meet Me Wednesdays group decided we needed a change of venue. While we didn’t want to turn into mall walkers, the pull to the murals and art at the Eastside Tucson indoor mall, led us to take on a new place to count our steps. While a seemingly odd place to feature public art,
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A great nearly 6-mile round-trip hike with the Beyond group. It is one of those hikes that you don’t realize how far you’ve gone and at altitude until you finish. And it is well worth the almost 50-mile drive south of Tucson. Deep in the Santa Rita Mountains in Santa Cruz County, the hike is
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This was a simple out-and-back (OAB) hike I found quite by accident in the Saguaro National Park West. Since I was unable to connect up with the Beyond-Tucson group for their hike, I decided to set out on my own. Since there were so many well-marked trails and it was still early (8:30am), I chose
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The Tucson Mountains are full of trails and adventures. The latest one for me is the David Yetman Trail. Another “get familiar with Tucson” hike, thanks to my “coffee dealer.” Vicki described it perfectly: beautiful views and a great example of the Sonoran desert. We thought we were starting on one end and actually started
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Numbers. We live by them. Birthdays. Holidays. Anniversaries. Deadlines. Payday. You get the idea. I have a number that keeps cropping up in my life: 26. Why 26, you ask? I grew up on 26th Street in Tucson. 5962 East to be exact. One of my first addresses in Seattle was 12626. I took my
Sal and I try to find a walk each day that is at least a mile long and in a loop. On this day we (re)discovered a corner of the University of Arizona campus. Usually the southeast corner of campus is considered the athletic corridor in that it features the football stadium, McKale Center (the
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Every time I drive down Main headed toward the Mercado, I pass a place labeled “Barrio Anita.” My interest piqued, I knew I had to come back. Parking seemed to be the challenge. It was worth the extra effort. Sal and I found a treasure trove of interesting stuff. We started at Herrera Park and
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The latest in the hiking series from Beyond, this one helped commemorate their founding month. As I’ve written in another post, Beyond’s mission was defined by the events of January 8, 2011. Gabe Zimmerman, for whom this trailhead is named, was killed that day. He is one of the 6 lost to the violence at
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With everything else happening in January (state funerals, MLK Day, insurrection day…and Inauguration Day) one date got lost, somehow. And it really should be closer to the top of the list: January 8. When I returned to Tucson this past July, I was reminded of that day back in 2011. It was the day Congresswoman
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