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Month: January 2019

Phoenix Asshole Drivers: Michael Joe Jolls

Phoenix Asshole Drivers: Michael Joe Jolls

2019-01-30 Dashcam 0

My wife & I were on our way out of Sunnyslope, southbound on 7th St. at 11:37 a.m. Just as we passed the Arizona Canal, […]

Big Stick Mine Exploration

2019-01-25 Mine Exploring 0

I originally meant to explore Big Stick Mine last year, on the same day I explored the adjacent Weepah & Homestake Mines. But I ran […]

Ahwatukee Sunrise

Guadelupe Ridge & Fat Man’s Pass

2019-01-18 Hiking 0

Fray Marcos de Niza (c. 1495-1558) was a Italian Franciscan friar who, in 1531, arrived in Spanish America to be a missionary. In 1536, the […]

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #39

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #39 – Las Vegas

2019-01-17 Dashcam 0

My initial thought downloading video from my dashcam, from our our Christmas trip to Las Vegas, was that there wasn’t much, and it wasn’t any good. […]

Four Peaks at sunrise.

Tom’s Thumb & Ogre’s Den

2019-01-11 Hiking 0

Last week, I tried taking the Climbers Access Route up East End Mountain to Tom’s Thumb. I had to bail when I encountered a section […]

Climbers’ Route to Tom’s Thumb?

2019-01-04 Hiking 2

After my last hike, on Prospect Trail in Nevada’s Valley of Fire, it was back home this week. Being winter, I planned another ‘Locals Hike’, […]

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    Finishing Up Alder Canyon

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  • Mount Bigelow, viewed from Kellogg Mountain Trail #45. That boulder is where Mount Bigelow Trail splits.

    San Pedro Vista to Mount Bigelow

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

    Alder Canyon

    2026-07-15 Hiking 0
  • This friendly fella stopping by to say "Hello" at the coneflower patch on FR 139C was the highlight of my day.

    Middle Barbershop Bail

    2026-07-08 Hiking 0
  • 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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