Spring 2000:   Born Again Tenderfoot Fall 2000:   Utah to South Rim (Lost; reconstruction completed 21 SEP 2010) Spring 2001:   Do Over - Mexico to Oak Tree (Lost; reconstruction completed 23 SEP 2010) Fall 2001:   South Rim to Flagstaff Spring 2002:   Taking the Long Way Home - Oak Tree to Sabino Fall 2002:   Elk Country Safari - Flag to Pine Spring 2003:   Just Deserts - Sabino to Oracle Fall 2003:   Extreme Wilderness - The Mazatzal Spring 2004:   Why I Lugged a GPS Around for 600 Miles! (Oracle to Gila) Fall 2004:   Denouement - Sunflower to Roosevelt Fall 2005:   Seeking Closure in High Chaparral - Roosevelt to Gila

In the year 2000 I began section-hiking the Arizona Trail.

I allocated two weeks each year to this effort - one week in spring and one week in fall. I hiked northbound from the Mexican border in Spring and southbound from the Utah border in Fall. I planned to cover about 100 miles each week and finish in four years. I expected it might take five years. It took six.

During this adventure I cached no water and had no support other than at the section end-points. Three sections were hiked with a friend, the rest were hiked alone.

At the instigation of my occasional hiking partner I started writing a journal after each section was completed. I offer these as they were originally written.