Life of Karen

Day One: Giggleswick to Ribblehead. Our travel day (yesterday) was not very good. A delay on the tarmac with our first flight meant we quite literally had to run to…

Our last day of hiking in Sedona dawned bright and clear. I think it was our warmest day of the entire trip (no complaints here) at 73 degrees by the…

Back in Sedona for a couple of days, we had time to get in a couple more hikes. Today, we wanted something a little bit on the lighter side since…

Wednesday: Since we would be hiking out of the canyon tomorrow, today would be a rest day – but we would still be hiking! We started by heading back to…

Tuesday morning the sun met up by 630am.  Our guides had already started breakfast:  eggs, bacon and hash browns.  As soon as breakfast was over, we headed out for a…

Sunday was a travel day.  We left out hotel (and over half our luggage) in Camp Verde and headed to Flagstaff.  We spent a little bit of time in the…

Since we are going to be hiking in the Grand Canyon in a couple of days, we wanted to do a shorter distance today – and something not too strenuous.…

When the guide books tell you that West Fork Trail is one of the prettiest trails in Sedona – I would have to agree with them.  Instead of hiking up…

Today was one of the toughest hikes I have ever walked.  I think there is little to compare from my area of Virginia.  I have been on hikes that were…

Morning came once again on the early side.  We were all down to breakfast by 650am.  It looked like the weather was going to hold for most of the day…