Christmas Palo Verde tree

Shaw Butte Trail #306

2015-12-24 0

63°, partly cloudy, no breeze when I started at 1300. Perfect weather.  Took Trail #100 to the NMVC, then started clockwise on #306. The little […]

Phoenix Mountains Preserve

Freedom Trail #302

2015-12-22 0

55° when I left home at 1230. Perfect hiking weather. After shrink visit, had wife drop me off at Piestewa TH. Started hiking at 1430, […]

Looking at fourth summit of Little Four Peaks.

Little Four Peaks

2015-12-13 0

42° from Phoenix to Apache Junction. Got to AJ too soon for store to be open to buy the jacket I forgot. All the way […]

Selfie I took for my wife (who is in Houston) and my son (who lives in Maryland).

Lookout Mountain

2015-12-12 0

Got a late start because I was working on a non-hiking video project. 60°, and totally overcast, when I left home in Sunnyslope at 1500. Caught […]

Throwing a 40 out your window does not constitute a proper pouring for your dead homie.

AZ 77 Highway Cleanup

2015-12-06 0

The Aravaipa Property Owners Association cleaned up their section of AZ 77, just south of Aravaipa Creek, today. We also had a crew cleaning up […]