Trans Queer Pueblo, the small org based out of Southern Arizona that I've been using my Arizona Trail blogs and tiktoks to raise money for, is so close to reaching their fundraising goal! Just $948 away from $15,000! 🌞 I'm so freakin grateful to everyone who's donated so far!! Trans Queer Pueblo is an all-volunteer … Continue reading So close to our goal!!

11/19/21 25 miles My clothes are fucked. We're at hutch's pool, a beautiful swimming hole on the AZT- maybe the only swimming hole on the AZT? Sitting in the sparkling sand next to the clear water that flows between the high granite walls, and I am trying, and failing, to pick the velcro-like seedheads of … Continue reading Arizona trail day 35: hutch’s pool

11/17/21 19 miles I sleep in and when I wake it's 6:30 and the sun is rising, leaking over the horizon like a raw egg yolk. It was properly cold last night and moony and I was so cozy in my bag and I slept so good. And now I get to hike with my … Continue reading Arizona trail day 34: mt lemmon

11/16/21 10 miles Someone's alarm goes off in the dark cabin at 5:55 a.m. Noooo! That's ok through, I don't mind being awake. The world is so cool and full of such cool things! Shade makes a pot of motel coffee and I drink some out of my silicone camp cup and that's great too. … Continue reading Arizona trail day 33: rattlesnake, period, sunset, perfect day

11/15/21 19 miles In spite of the day's heat, our camp next to the water trough is cold enough that I have to actually get inside my sleeping bag and zip it up. I forgot how cozy and comfortable this is, and I experience a wave of pleasure as I cinch the hood around my … Continue reading Arizona trail day 32: heat, again

11/14/21 24 miles In the middle of the night when I wake to pee the moon is there, shining brightly in my face. The moon! Our friend the moon is back! A little more than half full. We started this trip with the moon, and the moon is gonna carry us through to the end. … Continue reading Arizon Trail day 31: helping the sun come up

11/13/21 12 miles Norm's IGA in Kearny gives free coffee and a donut to AZT hikers. A kindly clerk tells us this as we're wandering around their deli, selecting chaotic foods for breakfast- a cobb salad, some cold pork ribs, diet coke, potato salad, a giant spicy pickle, a mexican cookie shaped like a pig. … Continue reading Arizona trail day 30: Kearny

11/12/21 16 miles. It's so hot. I mean I know in the last section I was being a weenie about even mild heat, and then yesterday I felt like I'd finally adjusted! But today it's actually hot. Alan's watch says 94 degrees. We're contouring above the Gila river on nicely graded, beautifully groomed trail, as … Continue reading Arizona trail day 29: cooked

9/11/21 22 miles For breakfast, MJ feeds us the best gluten free waffles I've ever had. Plus a mountain of bacon. I drink orange juice and coffee on top of it and now my stomach hurts, but I'm not mad about it. MJ shuttles us to the trailhead. She's so generous! And gracious about helping … Continue reading Arizona trail day 28: Saguaro dream trail

11/9 and 11/10 4 miles MJ the trail angel meets us at the Hewitt Station trailhead, where the sun is rising over the saguaros. She's wearing lavender, has lavender hair, there are purple wings painted on the side of her car. I am immediately into her vibe. She tells us she moved to Superior four … Continue reading Arizona trail day 26 and 27: MJ’s dream house