Tag: hiking

Black Mountain

April 23, 2021

“You should climb Black Mountain,” Gary said. “It’ll be fun!” Gary said. And thusly did we find ourselves halfway up what appeared to be a mere blip of a mountain but is actually a 1,300-foot elevation gain over the course of a 1.1-mile trail. That’s not hiking, friends. That’s basically rock climbing. Still. We climb … More Black Mountain

Laura’s Journal: Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument

April 22, 2021

How can I have gone so long without any idea how volcanic the Southwest is? I suppose it isn’t newsworthy since none of the volcanoes is active (at least not within the last thousand years), but just about all the geology down here is volcanic, and as a volcano enthusiast, I feel indignant that no one thought to tell me. 😋 … More Laura’s Journal: Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument