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Month: January 2023

Kingsnake's Dashcam #104

Kingsnake’s Dashcam #104

2023-01-29 Dashcam 0

I used to get really sick once per winter, for a couple of weeks. The three Chinese Lung AIDs winters — 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 […]

Brittlebush in front of Alta Ridge. The only other desert flowers I saw were creasote and desert marigold.

Maricopa Trail: Tres Rios to Bajada TH

2023-01-19 Bike Riding 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 13th segment of the Maricopa Trail. My goal is to hike or bike all 245 miles of the […]

Angry Frustrated Hair Pulling Guy

Camera Date Reset Error

2023-01-05 Uncategorized 0

My hiking camera is a Panasonic DMC-TS5 pocket camera, because it easier to quickly deploy it than an fancy digital SLR, and it is “waterproof”. Only […]

Salt River, just above the confluence with the Gila River.

Maricopa Trail: PIR to Tres Rios Wetlands

2023-01-04 Hiking 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 12th segment of the Maricopa Trail. Despite hitting 1,000 combined hiking & biking miles for 2022, I slacked […]

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