Line for the guided Mount Vernon mansion tour. Taking about 25 min., in groups of ~15, the tour visits all the rooms on the first and second floors. Beside the mansion are the colonnades, kitchen, and store house.

Mount Vernon

2026-10-04 0

I originally planned to hike the Appalachian Trail from Snickers Gap to the PATC’s Blackburn Trail Center on Monday. But on Friday, I blew out […]

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Sunnyslope Murder Tour: Index

2026-09-06 0

These are the homicides that have occured since I moved to Sunnyslope in September, 2008. Or, in the case of Sunnyslope serial killing “Zombie Hunter” Bryan […]

White sweetclover on Upper Goldwater Lake. After a deluge on the drive in, through Dewey-Humboldt, I was unsure about hiking, but it turned into a beautiful day.

Goldwater Lakes Loop

2026-08-11 0

Upper Goldwater Lake and Lower Goldwater Lake are a city park located just south of Prescott in the Prescott National Forest. At 15 acres, the […]

Alder Lake was bone dry. On current satellite view it has water.

Alder Canyon

2026-07-15 0

Alder Canyon is a 19-mile long canyon on the Mogollon Rim. Its head is at intermittent Alder Lake, north of Woods Canyon Lake, on FR […]