April 2024 – Kingsnake's Home Den

Looking west, from the HL Saddle Picnic Area, towards snow-capped Mount Graham.

HL Canyon Trail #11

2024-04-30 Hiking 0

I’ve long wanted to hike the entirety of Deer Creek, in Aravaipa Canyon. Thirteen months ago, I even took a stab at it, but had to bail […]

In the 1870s, General Crook Trail mileage was scratched in trees and rocks. In the 1970s, Boy Scouts replaced the missing rocks and fallen trees with a 24″ high logs, 4″ diameter, with the mileage etched & painted into the log.

General Crook Trail: V6-V16

2024-04-24 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 3rd segment of General Crook Trail. From the Copper Canyon Trailhead (P2) on FR 136, I skipped eight miles […]

Kingsnake’s Dashcam #118

2024-04-21 Dashcam 0

A lot of my non-hiking spare time the last few months has gone into working on the Sunnyslope Murder Tour. Sunnyslope isn’t a large neighborhood, […]

General Crook Trail Index

2024-04-17 Hiking 0

In 1871, General George Crook surveyed a supply road west from Fort Apache, Arizona, across the Mogollon Rim to Camp Verde, then on to Fort […]

generic white hiker on brown background sign

Index of Trail Indices

2024-04-17 Bike Riding, Hiking 0

A list of all the trails & trail systems that I am day / segment hiking, or have hiked / biked.

I believe these are cutleaf nightshade (Solanum xanti), not silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium), as the latter bloom later, at lower elevation. This is about 3,250 el., near Sears Kay Ruins.

Bartlett Dam Rd. to FR 1058

2024-04-08 Hiking 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 25th segment of the Maricopa Trail. In the intro for the previous Maricopa Trail video, I said Granite […]

Maricopa Trail Index

2024-04-08 Bike Riding, Hiking 0

Maricopa Trail is a 315 mile trail system in Maricopa County. The 315 miles is the total, including access routes. The actual loop itself, around […]

City of Phoenix - Sunnyslope - Murder Center

Sunnyslope Murder Tour: Index

2024-04-07 Video 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 […]

Hiking Beer #9