Silvery lupine (Lupinus argenteus) were common on the east and west slope of Mahan Mountain.

Mahan Mountain Flower Hunt

2021-08-25 0

Sandys Canyon and Walnut Canyon, just outside Flagstaff, always have great #flowerporn this time of year, even when the summer monsoon has not been so […]

This unnamed tank, and its adjacent corral, mark where Cottonwood Trail #120 departs from FR 341.

Cottonwood Trail #120

2019-05-10 0

Because it has been nine months since I celebrated Airborne Day by hiking Green Mountain Trail #21, I figured it was time for me to […]

Top 40 Photos of 2017

2017-12-30 0

Another year, more of my best photographs. 📷👍 Unlike my Top 40 Photos of 2016, this year I chose what I thought were my Top […]

Saluting Fisher Point with an Oak Creek Nut Brown Ale.

Sandys Canyon

2017-08-28 0

I was thinking of doing this hike back in June, or early July, but for some reason I cannot remember — despite two hours of […]

Pine 2 Strawberry

Pine 2 Strawberry

2015-09-04 2

Hardscrabble Mesa AZT #26 → Walnut Trail #251 → Pine-Strawberry Trail #15 Rather than following the initial route south, I cut straight across AZ-87, using the culvert just […]

Civil Affairs branch insignia, Jump Wings, Parachute Rigger Wings.

Geronimo TH to Pine

2015-08-14 0

I knew I wouldn’t be able to get out today, 8/16, so I made this my Airborne Day hike. (The first U.S. military jump, by […]