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HOPE CAMP TRAIL Rincon Mountain District, Saguaro National Park Hope Camp The Hope Camp historic site sits near the base of the Rincon Mountains wrapped in high desert grasslands, flood plains and thorny vegetation.   What remains of the long-abandoned cattle-herding camp is a barbed wire addled spread of dusty concrete troughs, corroded water tanks and a windmill that�s seen better days.   View of the Rincon Mountains from Hope Camp Trail This quiet pocket of relics and the trail that leads to it is now part of the Saguaro National Park Rincon District outside of Tucson.   The dilapited watering hole is the end cap of a remarkable trek and one of many points of interest hikers will encounter on the Hope Camp Trail.   From the Loma Alta trailhead that sits at the edge of Tucson�s eastern suburbs, the route reveals its treasures at a leisurely, constant pace beginning with a stroll on a wide dirt two-track popular with equestrians and mountain bikers.   The initi...

MARICOPA TRAIL: Bartlett Dam Road to McDowell Sonoran Preserve Maricopa Trail pass through Tonto National Forest The 300+-mile course of the Maricopa Trail takes many forms.   Sometimes it�s a single track, canal bank, road or suburban pathway. All the segments are beautiful and useful in their own ways and yet, some of the most memorable are within the Tonto National Forest.   Desert greenery flanks suburbia. The 20.5-mile Bronco to Granite Mountain segment northeast of Scottsdale stays within the forest boundary passing by Camp Creek, Blue Wash, Rackensack Canyon and hilly desert back country. The north-south running route is bisected by Bartlett Dam Road making it easy to tackle as a car shuttle hike. Four Peaks on the eastern horizon. North of the road, the route is a rugged trek through mountainous terrain, washes and rough drainages while to the south, the hike is a milder adventure with lots of variety.   Both halves share space with a power line that is visible to...

ARIZONA TRAIL: GILA RIVER CANYONS PASSAGE 16 Trellis bridge over the Gila River below the golden spike site. The �golden spike� moment for the Arizona Trail is marked only by a simple brass survey post set in a concrete base banked with native rocks.   Dedicated on December 16, 2011, the low-key monument that sits above the banks of the Gila River near the town of Kelvin denotes the completion of a decades-long effort to build a non-motorized recreation trail from Mexico to Utah.   The monument bears the initials of Dale Shewalter, the �Father of the Arizona National Scenic Trail.   Sadly, Shewalter did not live to see the completion of the trans-Arizona trail he worked for beginning in the mid-1980s.   "Golden spike." The understated tribute on a ridge overlooking a river and trellis bridge at the gateway to one of the trail�s most spectacular segments is an apt tribute to the tenacious teacher, activist and adventurer. ASARCO Ray Mine in distance It�s also the key...

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[Episode 115] Today's episode of the Social Work Podcast is the third of a three-part series on the 2018 National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics . I spoke with Allan Barsky, JD, MSW, PhD (whom you might remember from Episode 78 on social work ethics and Episode 76 about social workers in court ). In today's episode, Allan and I talked about 1.06(g) � professional affiliations and the removal of the word �disability."  Allan talks about the difference between baseline standards � don�t have sex with your clients, and aspirational standards � the ideal world in which, for example, we will always be promoting social justice. We talked about section 1.15 � disruption in electronic communications. We ended with a discussion of resources, such as the free NASW webinar on changes to the 2018 NASW Code of Ethics, and ways that you can provide feedback about things that you like or don�t like about the 2018 NASW Code of Ethics. Allan encourages people to be involved...