If you’ve been wondering why the dearth of hike blogging the last few months, wonder no more: I wasn’t hiking. A nasty bug made its way through Arizona and I caught it, thought I shook it, went to CES, and relapsed, big time.

So I’ve been taking it easy. But I’ve started up again, and here’s proof:

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There’s an unofficial trail up to some caves – the arches – a couple of hundred feet up on the east side of Soldiers Pass canyon. The photo was taken just below the entrance to the caves, looking northwest.

Clouds make the sky so much more interesting than the usual unrelieved Arizona blue, and I love the sun-dappled rocks. A beautiful hike!