The gang at Back2Basics has so much to be thankful for this year. We had a fun day of flag football and activities along with home cooked Thanksgiving dinner and some yummy pies for dessert! Enjoy some of our highlights: Weights – Local Big Dog Steve H trains...
Our last trip in the Grand Canyon my group was privileged enough to get the opportunity to do a rim to rim as our last trip in the canyon. It was a three-night, four day hiking trip. We started our adventure on the North Kaibab and hiked down to Cottonwood Campground....
We left on Sunday morning for Sedona. We had a superb adventure! First, we went to camp at the Manzanita campground near where we do our service commitments at Oak Creek. We got there around 10 a.m. and, unfortunately, we couldn’t set up camp until 2pm! Instead...
This was my fifth trip and my first week long. We started out at the Boulder Mail Trail in the early evening. Backpacking across the slick rock terrain towards Death Hollow. The first hike was a challenging one with multiple river crossings (hopping from stone to...
I enjoyed the week-long trip at the Grand Canyon. I personally think it was spread out over four days nicely. It was four days of manageable hiking. I enjoyed Kelly’s presence. Kelly is the Outdoor Program Coordinator at Back2Basics and she has so much knowledge and...
Written by Carly Banks | NAU Communications. At the age when most kids start learning to read, how to ride a bike without training wheels and how to color inside the lines, 6-year-old Roy DuPrez had his first drink. Growing up in Venice...