Sol Journeys: Journeys that Awaken Your Inner Adventurer

Sol Journeys featured in National Geographic Traveler

jillhewins — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:25:26 +0000

Sol Journeys was recently featured in the National Geographic Traveler magazine for our Taste of the Desert guided hiking 1/2 day trips. Due to many requests we are currently booking custom trips in January and February. Check out our Gourmet Hiking/Taste of the Desert Hiking page for information.

We are also recently featured on the Visit Tucson official visitor center website in a 3 minute video clip about Tucson Outdoor Adventures. Follow this link to view the video located on the lower right hand side of the page. http://www.visittucson.org/visitor/outdoor/

Upcoming Mtn Bike Clinics

jillhewins — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:34:33 +0000

The mornings are getting cooler - time to start mountain biking again! 1/2 Day Mtn Bike Clinics designed for absolute beginner to intermediate riders. Our next clinic is September 30 - 7 AM - 11:30 AM. After our skill drills, we’ll have you riding confidently and will take you out on a ride in Tucson Mountain Park. Our clinics are guaranteed to improve your riding skills and your fun on a bike. View our Mountain Bike Clinic Page to read more.

View Pictures of our 2007 Surf Camp

jillhewins — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:13:45 +0000

Our August 2007 Surf Camp was great fun.

Check out some of our pictures. We’ve also loaded the pictures up on a flickr slideshow (click on this link to view them).

Join us in 2008! Why travel with us? Fabulous instruction, really nice lodging, great food, daily chair massage and yoga included and everything is taken care of for you — it’s fun and easy and a great vacation. We are already booking our Co-Ed Adult camp for July 2008 (only $200 holds your spot).

Check out our surf camp page - information about 2008 is now listed. The legendary Linda Benson is our surf instructor - she’s 63 and surfing strong! She brings her team of instructors for fabulous instruction every day of our camp. Here’s a great video tribute to Linda - Check out the great surf video about Linda.

Tucson Gourmet Hiking Experiences

jillhewins — Fri, 04 May 2007 18:51:43 +0000

Experience the Magic of the Desert…2 NEW Options:
1. Taste of the Desert - Short hike (3 Mile), Southwest Brunch, Desert Natural History - $89 (Special Summer Rates extended through Fall!)

2. Gourmet Hiking with a 5 mile hike option and a desert walk option, Southwest Brunch, Desert Natural History, Desert Chair Athletic Massage (great for post-activity) - $125 (Special Summer Rates!)

We call this Luxury Exploration of the Desert. Imagine…a guided Hiking experience (where you don’t need to worry about anything including gear) in the Sonoran Desert - Enjoying the views, the silence and the sounds of Nature….followed by a desert chair massage (outside - in the beautiful natural environment) , a gourmet brunch, and yoga stretches to finish up the event….you’ll be inspired and relaxed! Locals and visitors are enjoying ourt event - in the scenic Tucson Mountain Park - experience the desert with us! If you are visiting, we can pick you up daily for desert explorations and drop you off at one of our fabulous Tucson Resort hotels. Visit the Gourmet Hiking Page for all the details.

Live Your Dreams - Surf School

jillhewins — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:40:12 +0000

Live Your Dreams - Women’s Surf Camp in Encinitas, CA.
Come live out a dream with us! Aug 1 - 5 we are heading to Encinitas, CA to surf with the lengendary Linda Benson. Linda dominated women’s competitive surfing for over 10 years in the 1960’s - many consider her to be the top woman surfer of all time! Linda was the “surfer” girl in the Gidget Goes Hawaiian film and the Annette Funicello Beach Party films. Great lodging, dining, daily massage, yoga, and fun “camp” activities. Daily surf instruction, comfortable lodging, daily yoga classes, daily chair massage, fabulous food, “camp style activities”, and of course afternoon beach time! Click here for more information: Surf Camp.

Free Booklet on Creating Your Life Dream List

jillhewins — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:36:08 +0000

Sign up for our newsletter and get a copy of Creating Your Life Dream List. Fill out the sign-up box on the right hand side of the home page. We are excited to offer a beautiful way for you to identify and begin to put your Life Dreams down on paper. Sol Journeys also runs an interactive workshop on identifying your life dreams - let us know if you are part of a group that might like us to speak on this topic.

We Are Guiding Grand Canyon Backpack Trips

jillhewins — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 18:22:59 +0000

Grand Canyon Backpacking Journeys: Sol Journeys has partnered with The Wildland Trekking Company to offer Grand Canyon Backpacking trips. Our 1st partnered trip will feature Jill Hewins from Sol Journeys as the Lead Guide May 21 - 25. We were originally set to guide out of the North Rim for the Wonders Trip but due to permitting we’ve moved this trip to the South Rim - making the trip much more accessible for us! We are booking a few additional spots for the journey - contact us today if you want to be part of the adventure! We will be guiding a 5-day Hermits to Boucher Trail Loop. A phenomenal loop off of the Hermits Rest area of the South Rim.

The Wonders trip will move to October 14 - 19, 2007 and will be an all-women’s trip. Updated information is posted on the follow page: Wonders of the Grand Canyon Trip - the Thunder River backpack adventure. Many people consider this trip the ultimate Grand Canyon Backpack.

4-Day Radical Self Care Retreat

jillhewins — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 14:58:06 +0000

We aren’t talking about Boot Camp here! This is 4 days of receiving massage every day, doing gentle yoga, learning meditation techniques to quiet your mind, hiking, eating great food, and creating your own Dream Radical Self Care plan to implement when you go back home. Give yourself a break and an opportunity to relax and renew yourself. Visit our Radical Self Care information page.

Private Clinics

jillhewins — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:38:34 +0000

We are getting a number of requests for private mountain bike clinics AND hiking days - let us know if you would like to schedule a private clinic - it’s a lot of fun and can be focused on what you want. We’ve recently run a 3 hour mountain bike clinic for groups of 2 people, a Hiking day complete with 2 of our massage therapists meeting us at the trailhead, a gourmet lunch out on the trail and yoga to wrap up our day. Contact us to schedule your clinic today.

Evening Yoga & Meditation Class with MaryGrace

jillhewins — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:52:50 +0000

Sol Journeys is excited to offer evening yoga & meditation events - the 1st Thursday of the month, 6 - 8 PM. You’ll love how our yoga makes you feel and we’ll be teaching and practicing meditation. Give yourself the gift of this class - relax, renew and rejuvenate! Click Here to go to the information page on our website - the registration form is posted here and may be downloaded - fax this back to Sol Journeys OR Call us - we’ll register you over the phone. We are registering for the next 2 months - get your spot reserved today.