Volunteer work at a local animal shelter

It's been almost two years since I started volunteering at an animal shelter. I started at the Bisbee shelter but now volunteer at the Huachuca City Animal shelter. This kind of work is one reason I haven't been blogging much. The other reason is because I switched my focus and now blog about hiking (and animal welfare) and stay away from more political divisive topics. It's bad enough that our 113th Congress acts like a group of drunken soldiers.

So here is where I have been hiding at:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-the-Huachuca-City-Animal-Shelter/134920913341965

Or google "Friends of the Huachuca City Animal Shelter"

Hiking the Grand Canyon

I first saw the Grand Canyon in the early 1990s, when I was at Fort Huachuca for some training. I went up there with some classmates. Since then I've wanted to hike the canyon, but most people I know aren't interested in that kind of challenge, or they turn it into some resort stay-over.

On May 17th I finally got to do the famous loop hike: down the South Kaibab Trail and back up the Bright Angel Trail. The 16.4 miles took us 9:45 hours. Ellen, Brenda, Georgie and Ellen's co-worker Stephane all went.

More later