The Club is informally structured; the only officer is the club treasurer. Club rules are:

1) Never leave a hiker behind.
2) Leaders wait for others at trail junctions.
3) Members should hike with the group appropriate for their speed.

To join the club, please print this form or simply join us for a trial hike first.

For more information:

   Easy Hikes: Tom on 775-6808
   Fast Hikes:  Lynda on 772-1340

Regular Club Hikes

 Easy Hikes

Tuesdays—meet at the Lynx Lake North parking lot, 7 AM August, 8 AM September, five miles or less. From Highway 69, turn south onto Walker Road (between Arco and PetSmart) and go 2.2 miles to Lnx Lake Northshore. Turn left for .2 miles into the trailhead parking area past the restaurant.

Thursdays—meet at the Granite Basin Cayuse Day Use parking lot, 7 AM August, 8 AM September,five miles or less. Take Iron Springs Road past the Williamson Valley traffic signal for 1.6 miles to Granite Basin Road. Turn right on Granite Basin for 2.5 miles to the Cayuse Day Use area. Turn right for .2 miles to the trainhead parking area.

Saturdays—meet at the Watershed Trail (299) parking lot, 7 AM August, 8 AM September, five miles or less. From Gurley, turn onto the Senator Highway and follow it for about 4 miles to the Watershed Trailhead, Trail 299; the trailhead is on the left a few hundred yards past the entrance to Goldwater lake. Turn left into the trailhead parking area. We hike on Trail 396 which is shaded and scenic; it is across the road from the parking lot.

 NOTE: Easy Hikes will start at 8 AM in September!

 Fast Hikes

 Every Thursday and Saturday, 7 AM August, 8 AM September, five to eight miles. Meet at the American Home Parking Lot Highway 69, Prescott.

 NOTE: Fast Hikes will start at 8 AM in September!

 Nature/Exploratory Hikes

 Every Saturday, 9 AM at the American Home parking lot. Hikes will normally be less than two miles. Bring goodies to share for the gourmet lunch, and wine if desired! Please call Mary Anderson, 778-7525 or Shirley Trevallee, 772-6774 if you plan to attend.

Special Events & Announcements

 Driver Reimbursement

 PHC has been paying drivers on trips of more than 80 miles round trip five cents a mile.

• Because of the skyrocketing costs of gasoline, driver reimbursements have been changed as follows:

• For trips of less than 20 miles round trip, each rider will pay the driver $1.

• For trips longer than 20 miles round trip, each rider will pay the driver 10 cents per mile.

• Mileage will no longer be included in the hike schedule. Each driver will be responsible for recording the trip distance.

These changes apply to both scheduled Tuesday hikes and regular Thursday and Saturday hikes.

Changes are effective at the start of June.

 Treasury

 Aluminum prices have increased quite a lot in recent months, and because of PHC member’s diligence in collecting cans, the club treasury is in great shape—we have more than $1,000 in the treasury. Club dues will remain at $5 per household for the foreseeable future.

 Planning Meeting

September 10: 7:00 P.M (Wednesday).
Decide where we’ll hike and arrange special events. Please show up and volunteer!
Jim & Val Perry—398 Brandywine Circle, Prescott , 778-7299.
Map: http://tinyurl.com/66kfpg

September Picnic

New this year will be a September semi-potluck picnic. It will be on Tuesday, September 23, 11:30, at the Potato Patch campground on Mingus Mountain. Take 89A up Mingus Mountain and turn left at the summit onto Forest Road 106.

PHC will provide a barbeque and drinks. Please bring a salad, side dish, or dessert, as well as your own cutlery and a chair. For information, call Lynda Jerome on 772-1340 or Lois Eckman on 708-9217. Hike starts at 8:30.

Note: the picnic, serendipitously, coincides with the September campout!

Scheduled Fast Hike Changes

Over the past several years, the Prescott Hiking Club has had scheduled hikes on the weekends, and regular hikes on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Scheduled hikes have a set destination and leave from various locations around the area, while the destination for regular hikes is decided on the day, and they always leave from the American Home parking lot in Prescott.

At the May planning meeting, attendees voted to change the scheduled hikes from Saturdays to Tuesdays to avoid conflicts with numerous other events around the Tri-City area on Saturdays. Starting in June, regular club hikes will be on Thursdays and Saturdays, and scheduled hikes will be on Tuesdays. This schedule change is for Fast Hikes only.

Easy Hike Changes

The easy hike group has dwindled nearly to non-existence over the past year. At the planning meeting a new format for Easy Hikes proposed by Tom Swinford was approved:

• All hikes will be five miles of less.

• Hikes will always be at same three locations:  Lynx Lake (Tuesdays), Granite Basin (Thursdays), and Williamson Valley Mint Wash (Saturdays)

• All hikes will leave from the appropriate trailhead parking area, NOT from the American Home parking lot.

• No lunches will be required as all three hikes should be about two hours duration.

• Hikes will be at a measured pace, but never faster than the slowest hiker.

• There will be no designated hike leader, and the only decision will be to hike clockwise or counter clockwise.

The advantages of this new agenda are:

• Retains the social and safety advantages of hiking as a group instead of solo hiking.

• Eliminates the uncertainty of where and when to hike. Also eliminates the unknown regarding terrain, distance, etc.

• Five mile hikes will always be five or less miles; they will never end up as six, eight, or 10 mile hikes.

• And hopefully, it will encourage more hikers to hit the trails!

Campouts

Important: Please notify campout leaders if you are planning to attend, or even thinking about attending...it really helps!!!

June 23-27: Store Creek Campground, Mt. San Jacinto State Park, CA, near Idyllwild.

Monday-Friday

50 sites with picnic table, stove, vault toilets, and water spigots. Room for RVs up to 24'. $15 per night plus non-refundable $7.50 reservation fee. Make reservations ASAP at www.reserveamerica.com or by phone: California State reservations: 800-444-7275. Sorry no geezer passes as it's state operated--not federal. Available sites close to each other along the creek are: 22, 19, 49, 21, 23, 24 and 50.

http://www.hikercentral.com/campgrounds/115141.html

For other campgrounds or motels, refer to the PHC email of May 17 regarding this campout, or call the hike leaders.

Chris Ashley, 772-0132, and Donna Overland, 772-3563.

September 22-26: Potato Patch, at the Summit of Mingus Mountain, 89A between Prescott Valley and Cottonwood.

Monday-Friday

Loop A, 28 campsites, toilets, water near toilets; no hookups, no reservations. $10 night, $5 Geezers.

Loop B, 12 campsites, RVs up to 40 feet, electrical hookups, water near the toilet,  no reservations. $15 per night, $7.50 Geezers. Louis Mackall & Ellen Tyler, 443-7557.

http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/prescott/recreation/family_cg/potatopatch.shtml

Aluminum Alert!!!!!

Keep those aluminum cans coming!!! The club treasury is in great shape thanks to all of you members who are helping the environment and PHC by recycling.

Julius & Inge Dembinski are still accepting cans at 3050 N. Lynx Lake, Prescott Valley, 759-2410. PLEASE crush cans first, and cans ONLY; no garbage.

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