I spent a weekend in Los Angeles in early 2026. This post covers the flights there and back, along with a museum visit and a hike I enjoyed over the course of the weekend.
The fifth day of my 2025 Thanksgiving Trip to Tucson brought me to Mt. Wrightson, a prominent peak rising to the south of the city. Less technically demanding than the traverses of the Santa Catalina Mountains — such as Mt. Kimball, which I had tackled just two days prior — it nonetheless promised sweeping, rewarding views, and I was eager to see what it had to offer.
Hills to the North of Mt Wrightson before Santa Catalina Mountains
The third day of my 2025 Thanksgiving Trip to Tucson. I climbed Mount Kimball in the Santa Catalina Mountains, traversing Finger Rock Canyon and Pima Canyon in what turned out to be a long and exhilarating day hike.
The second day of my 2025 Thanksgiving Trip to Tucson. I drove from Willcox back to Tucson this day, took a tour of Kartchner Caverns in the morning before hiking Tanque Verde Ridge in the afternoon.
The first day of my 2025 Thanksgiving Trip to Tucson, I found myself wandering through the enchanting labyrinth of hoodoos at Chiricahua National Monument, where nature has sculpted the stone into an intricate forest of fantastical forms.
For the few days leading up to Thanksgiving Day 2025, I made a trip to Tucson, Arizona. This brief post would be about the largely uneventful flights back and forth.
Late September 2025, I made a weekend trip to Seattle to visit some friends and nature. This post would be about the two day hikes that I embarked on, together with the flights back and forth.