Santa Rosa, CA
I first visited Santa Rosa around 1971 when the population was 50,000. My grandparents had retired there from Los Angeles. We flew out for that […]
Articles by kingsnake
General Crook Trail: V107-V114
Heading east from Dewey, this is the 14th and final segment of General Crook Trail. In 1872, General George Crook‘s troops built a road from […]
General Crook Trail Index
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 […]
Index of Trail Indices
A list of all the trails & trail systems that I am day / segment hiking, or have hiked / biked.
San Diego County Highway S2
It’s been two years since I’ve seen my Aunt Ann, at my dad’s funeral. So, my wife and I took a road trip to Orange […]
Graffiti #7: Arizona Canal & Cave Creek
I ride my bicycle along some portion of the Arizona Canal — aka The Homeless Highway — every week. Usually I stick around Sunnyslope, but […]
Black Mountain
Arizona has at least six Black Mountains, including two in Pima County. Today’s Black Mountain is in Cave Creek. (Technically, the summit is in Carefree, […]
Maverick Hill Trail #568
Maverick Hill is a straight forward workout hike, in a remote location, with some good views. But Maverick Hill is a long way from Phoenix. […]
Luray Caverns, Virginia
Our usual Hagerstown hotel used to have a rack of tourist brochures, and at some point I grabbed one for Luray Caverns, down in Virginia. […]
Cave Creek Trail #4
Cave Creek Trail #4, per the National Forest Service, “passes through the Arizona Upland Phase of the Sonoran Desert and through riparian areas of sycamore […]