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The Trek: The Arizona Trail: How to Avoid Norovirus on Trail

Tips on how to avoid Norovirus while hiking.

The Trek: The Arizona Trail: How to Avoid Norovirus on Trail

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May 21, 2025
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The Trek: The Arizona Trail: How to Avoid Norovirus on Trail

The Trek: The Arizona Trail: How to Avoid Norovirus on Trail

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Tips on how to avoid Norovirus while hiking.

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Much of the land after Oracle is a flat expanse between mountains. A good place for music, audiobooks, or conversation. The trail flew by for once, and with Mt. Lemmon a recent memory, Ice Cream and I were grateful to have some cruisy ground to hike on; it leaves plenty of breath for conversation, and we used all of it to dive deep into how our upbringing had affected our psychologies and our strategies for overcoming weaknesses we had inherited from our ancestors. And, as Forrest Gump says, That’s all I have to say about that.

Our current goal was a water catchment, a large, mushroom-shaped metal tank installed to catch rainwater for hikers and wildlife. This may have been the first time in my life that I was clumped into the same category as wildlife, and I quite enjoyed the idea of being classed with the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the earth—beasts of the wild, the coyote, the snake, the hiker. All looking for that good-good water.

Continue reading to learn more, written by Good Zen.

The Trek: The Arizona Trail: How to Avoid Norovirus on Trail

The Arizona Trail: How to Avoid Norovirus on Trail

Much of the land after Oracle is a flat expanse between mountains. A good place for music, audiobooks, or conversation. The trail flew by for once, and with Mt. Lemmon a recent memory, Ice Cream and I were grateful to have some cruisy ground to hike on; it leaves plenty of breath for conversation, and we used all of it to dive deep into how our upbringing had affected our psychologies and our strategies for overcoming weaknesses we had inherited from our ancestors. And, as Forrest Gump says, That’s all I have to say about that.

Our current goal was a water catchment, a large, mushroom-shaped metal tank installed to catch rainwater for hikers and wildlife. This may have been the first time in my life that I was clumped into the same category as wildlife, and I quite enjoyed the idea of being classed with the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the earth—beasts of the wild, the coyote, the snake, the hiker. All looking for that good-good water.

Continue reading to learn more, written by Good Zen.

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For those who would like to know, here's a little about me. After finishing high school, I walked out of the back door of my family home with the goal of walking from Kansas to Denver.
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The Trek: The Arizona Trail: How to Avoid Norovirus on Trail

The Arizona Trail: How to Avoid Norovirus on Trail

Much of the land after Oracle is a flat expanse between mountains. A good place for music, audiobooks, or conversation. The trail flew by for once, and with Mt. Lemmon a recent memory, Ice Cream and I were grateful to have some cruisy ground to hike on; it leaves plenty of breath for conversation, and we used all of it to dive deep into how our upbringing had affected our psychologies and our strategies for overcoming weaknesses we had inherited from our ancestors. And, as Forrest Gump says, That’s all I have to say about that.

Our current goal was a water catchment, a large, mushroom-shaped metal tank installed to catch rainwater for hikers and wildlife. This may have been the first time in my life that I was clumped into the same category as wildlife, and I quite enjoyed the idea of being classed with the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the earth—beasts of the wild, the coyote, the snake, the hiker. All looking for that good-good water.

Continue reading to learn more, written by Good Zen.

Photo thumbnail Blog Author
Writer
Good Zen
For those who would like to know, here's a little about me. After finishing high school, I walked out of the back door of my family home with the goal of walking from Kansas to Denver.
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