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Bike Riding

This hiking garbage might be even more costly than the Glock 9mm magazine I found in West Chevelon Canyon.

Campbell Mesa to Fisher Point

2023-07-11 Bike Riding 0

My planned second “away bike” of the summer was for an area I’d both biked before (Campbell Mesa) and hiked before (Fisher Point). On the […]

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 […]

Clouds over the South Canal.

Park of the Canals to Granite Reef Dam

2023-05-04 Bike Riding 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 18th segment of the Maricopa Trail. Last month, I was in Maryland, day hiking the 184 mile Chesapeake […]

Lunch at Joe's BBQ in downtown Gilbert. The Maricopa Trail passes right by the restaurant district.

Maricopa Trail: Pima Cyn – Freestone Park

2023-03-16 Bike Riding 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 16th segment of the Maricopa Trail. My goal is to hike or bike all 245 miles of the […]

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 […]

The tunnel under 19th Ave.: Bums frequently sleep in the tunnels.

Mega Church Loop

2022-12-11 Bike Riding 0

What I refer to as the Mega Church Loop is my most common bike ride, both “back in the day” (pre-2014) and since I resumed […]

Maricopa Trail: Verrado to Estrellas

2022-11-15 Bike Riding 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 10th segment of the Maricopa Trail. At the beginning of 2021, I set out to day hike the […]

There's lots of Maricopa Trail signs to guide you across the multi-tracked Sonoran Desert. (GoPro screen cap)

Maricopa Trail: White Tanks to Verrado

2022-10-12 Bike Riding 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 9th segment of the Maricopa Trail. Back to another one of my ongoing day-hiking “thru” hike projects: the […]

Looking southwest from the corner of 195th Ave. and Bethany Home Rd. I checked radar an hour later: Over an inch in fell near Tonopah, and 3/4" along the west side of the White Tanks.

Maricopa Trail: White Tanks to Verrado

2022-09-21 Bike Riding 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 9th segment of the Maricopa Trail. Thunderstorms predicted until at least mid-day. Decided to make the trip out […]

My first decent photo of a Stansbury's cliffrose.

Peavine Trail & Iron King Trail

2022-08-13 Bike Riding 0

Lots of construction work available in Prescott, so the only day Paul (aka Prescottstyle) had available to do something was on Saturday morning. Paul proposed […]

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