Today we hike a section of the Arizona Trail which is an 800 mile non-motorized trail that runs from Mexico to Utah.    It runs over deserts, mountains, ridges, through canyons, and communities.

The section we hiked started at 8000 feet on Mt. Lemmon.   We hiked the Marshall Gulch Trail which is also the Arizona Trail, then returned in a loop on the Aspens Trail.

A younger version of the author would have started planning a long backpack for the following year…