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Month: June 2023

Bachelor's Button (Centaurea cyanus). Not sure how I figured this out, as it was only 1% likely on Wildflowersearch.org for elevation, color, size, etc. But it exactly matches the closeup on wikipedia. What a find!

General Crook Trail: V33-V39

2023-06-28 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the first part of the 6th segment of General Crook Trail. Even though it is late June, the managed Wilbur Fire is […]

New Mexico Locust, on shady north slope of Hill 6684, above Government Spring.

PCT: Turley Trailhead to Goldwater Lake

2023-06-22 Hiking 0

The Prescott Circle Trail (PCT) is a 56-mile, mostly dirt, loop around the city of Prescott — 56 if you count the sidewalk along Williamson […]

Immature ponderosa pine cone.

Promontory Butte – Mogollon Rim

2023-06-15 Hiking, Off Roading 0

My intent was to more or less follow the rim of Promontory Butte, all the way around. I figured it would be about 9 miles, […]

Looking across 229 acre Ashurst Lake, towards the San Francisco Peaks.

Anderson Mesa Land’o’Lakes

2023-06-08 Bike Riding 0

My first “away bike” of the summer was in an area I’d only skirted before: Anderson Mesa. (In 2017, I hiked from Marshall Lake to […]

Kingsnake's Dashcam #108

Kingsnake’s Dashcam #108

2023-06-04 Dashcam 0

I call myself out when I make mistakes, but unfortunately multi-hour trips several days in a row meant the dashcam footage was overwritten for the […]

Recent Posts

  • Enjoying some quality hiking food at the junction of Alder Canyon and West Fork Alder Canyon.

    Finishing Up Alder Canyon

    2026-07-29 Hiking 0
  • Mount Bigelow, viewed from Kellogg Mountain Trail #45. That boulder is where Mount Bigelow Trail splits.

    San Pedro Vista to Mount Bigelow

    2026-07-21 Hiking 0
  • 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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