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Month: December 2012

Redneck Hansel dropped his breadcrumb. (Plus a couple of cases more.)

Baldy / Francis Rogers Mountain

2012-12-29 Hiking 0

On 241-something miles for the year and want to make 250 so I headed out to Lake Pleasant after watching my European soccer team embarrass […]

View from Sandstone Overlook, south past the hamlet of Mountain Springs, towards 8500-foot Potosi Mountain.

Bootleg Spring & Rainbow Spring

2012-12-23 Hiking 0

My wife and I took our second straight late-December trip to Las Vegas. (Her Christmas gift was a stay at the Wynn, along with a […]

The corral at the bottom of Limestone Trail #252.

Limestone Trail #252

2012-12-09 Hiking 0

This loop is a tale of three segments: The out, the fun — Limestone Trail #252 — and the back. As I hiked it, the […]

Atop Hill 3342. Cave Creek Regional Park in the background.

Elephant Mountain Trail

2012-12-02 Hiking 0

This was my fourth trip to Spur Cross in the last four weeks. Might not seem much to those folks who have second homes in […]

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  • The Stott, Scott & Wilson cemetery in Hangmans Draw reminded me of Davey Gowan's grave in the Mazatzal Mountains. Note the "Aug 4 1888" dates of death are incorrect: The three were lynched a week later.

    Stott Canyon – Hangmans Draw

    2026-07-01 Cemetery, Hiking 0

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