What the Sonoran Desert Teaches You When You Slow Down
I get that question a lot, usually from people who have already ticked the Arizona boxes. Camelback? Finished. Selfies with saguaro? Yes. They’ve seen the desert from a distance, through windshields and busy pathways, and they want to see more.
Hidden Corners of the Sonoran Desert You’ll Only See With a Guide
A couple asked me that over coffee in Old Town Scottsdale after they had already seen the customary Arizona sights, like Camelback Mountain, and were taking pictures of cacti. They weren’t seeking another well-known path. They wanted the real deal in the desert.
A Day in the Life of a Desert Guide: What Guests Never See
I wake up right away when my alarm goes off at 4:37 a.m. I check my phone for the weather and a text I hope I don’t get: “Sorry, we need to cancel.”
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“So… should I be afraid that scorpions will crawl into my shoes at night?” The couple from Michigan looked genuinely terrified as we prepared for their first Sonoran Desert hike. They came wearing long pants tucked into their socks and bringing material about anti-venom that they had gotten off the internet. They were clearly worried about the “deadly desert” they had read about online.