Walkin’ in a Winter Wonderland

Ah, winter. This is why we live in the Valley, right? Daytime temps are in the 60s. The sun is shining. All this means, uh, what? Additional coffee drinking? Yes. Eating homemade soups? Perhaps. Being a lazy ass and staying indoors? Only if you're a slacker. Need some motivation? Check...

By Steve Jansen

November 29, 2007

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Ah, winter. This is why we live in the Valley, right? Daytime temps are in the 60s. The sun is shining. All this means, uh, what? Additional coffee drinking? Yes. Eating homemade soups? Perhaps. Being a lazy ass and staying indoors? Only if you're a slacker.

Need some motivation? Check out the Pinnacle Peak Park Guided Hike, where a park ranger takes desert walkers (or crawlers, for those of y'all who are really out of shape) through the Sonoran Desert for a 1.25-mile, two-hour jaunt. So quit staring at the Godbox and get some natural stimuli for your eyes.

Tuesdays-Sundays, 10 a.m.; Dec. 26-30, 10 a.m.; Tuesdays-Sundays, 10 a.m. Starts: Dec. 11. Continues through Dec. 23, 2007

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