Hiking, mountain biking, running, birding, horseback riding: Prescott's trail system offers countless pathways for many outdoor pastimes. While I don't use my rickety bike much anymore, or ever saddle up a horse, I regularly partake in all the other activities. But I discovered a new pastime on these paths over the past weekend: butterfly watching. The City of Prescott, Prescott National Forest and Yavapai Trails Association have teamed up to create and maintain this network of trails for easy and free non-motorized recreational use by both residents and visitors. There are lots of ways to enter the mostly forested and mountainous spaces - at least that's the way they are in my far west side neighborhood of Kingswood - with Trail 317 being the most convenient to me. The trail is descriptively known as Ridge Top and it quickly connects to other footpaths that lead directly to Thumb Butte - the iconic mountain landmark that appears on many Prescott government and bu
I'm an Arizonan that enjoys the outdoors through traveling, hiking, mountain biking, snorkeling, photography and just looking out my window.