Bridal Veil Falls
After driving nearly 500 miles up from Phoenix, my wife and I were spent the week in Mountain Village, the ski resort above the city […]
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Telluride Road Trip
I got a really good deal on an off-season short term rental in Mountain Village (a “suburb” of Telluride), so my wife and I took […]
Bear Canyon Lake
Gradually transitioning from bike riding, I didn’t become a regular hiker until 2011. That was also the year I did my first Mogollon Rim hike, […]
Kingsnake’s Dashcam #82: Maryland
Every Easter and Halloween, my wife & I fly to Maryland to visit family. (Due to Wuhan Flu, 2020 was the exception, and I drove […]
BCT: Cordes to Big Bug Creek
Due to lack of rain during the winter monsoon, this spring has been no super bloom. Rather the opposite. It wasn’t until last week at […]
Brown’s Mountain Loop
Brown’s Mountain is a formation in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, north of the ritzy Troon North Golf Club. It is part of a chain of […]
Hiking Beer #6
On January 17, 1920, the United States prohibited the production, sale and transport of alcohol. But not its possession. Rich people emptied out liquor stores […]
Noland’s Ferry to Weverton Cliffs
The second of my two Easter weekend hikes on the C&O Canal. It was supposed to be the first one, but I called an audible […]
Snyder’s Landing to McMahon’s Mill
As you may have sussed, I don’t live in Maryland. (Unless there is a desert I am unaware of in Washington County.) Thus, section hiking […]
Kingsnake’s Dashcam #81
Judging by March’s heavy increase in traffic colume, the Chinese Lung AIDs panic is well & truly over. Shame: I was rather enjoying zipping along […]