Bike Riding – Page 3 – Kingsnake's Home Den

Nice cluster of ... who knows? Couldn't find anything that matched on wildflowersearch.org. Not dame's rocket (Hesperis matronalis), as mustards have four petals. Despite having five petals, does not appear to be geranium or phlox either. 7/27/22 Update: Apparently, this is Phlox paniculata!

Fort Frederick to Hancock

2022-07-15 Bike Riding 0

Normally, my wife & I visit our younger son and his family in Hagerstown every Easter and Halloween. This year, we made an extra trip […]

I photographed 12 species of high country flowers on Larson Ridge, including this scarlet penstemon.

Larson Ridge to Chevelon Canyon

2022-06-29 Bike Riding 0

I have not done an away hike or bike either of the last two weeks. For … reasons. Worse yet, my already borderline eating habits […]

Quite a few of these dudes, so I stopped for a photo. As far as ID, looks kinda wirelettuce, and Flagstaff is the Arizona area for blue wirelettuce (Mulgedium oblongifolium), which can also be purple, but these were always obviously pink. Dunno ...

Campbell Mesa Mega Loop

2022-06-08 Bike Riding 0

Since I began mountain biking again six months ago, my goal has been to do one “away” ride per month. Today, I visited the Campbell […]

Dry Lake looks down from his time last year, when I hiked East Clear Creek.

Long Valley Loop

2022-05-18 Bike Riding 0

My first “away” mountain bike ride, for which I prepared by riding what I call the Mega Church Loop, around mostly flat Moon Valley and […]

I imagine Surprise got its name after some 1880s eastern greenhorn believed the real estate slickster's sales pitch, paid their life savings for the "Garden of Eden", then showed up out here in the flattest desert you could imagine. "Surprise!" (GoPro screen cap)

Maricopa Trail: 119th Ave-Sun Valley Pkwy

2022-03-10 Bike Riding 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 7th segment of the Maricopa Trail. The Maricopa Trail is a 315-mile trail system around the Phoenix metro […]

Enjoying the shade at the halfway cabana. I tried to time this photo to traffic passing in back, but no such luck.

Maricopa Trail: Lake Pleasant – 119th Ave

2022-02-10 Bike Riding 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 6th segment of the Maricopa Trail. My goal is to hike or bike all 240 miles of the […]

Bike Neighborhood

2022-01-30 Bike Riding 0

I recently bought a new GoPro HERO10 Black. This after much consideration of other brands of action camera, including some that are mounted in sunglasses. […]

Pemberton Trail

2022-01-12 Bike Riding 0

McDowell Mountain Regional Park is a 21,099 acre Maricopa County park north of Fountain Hills and east of the McDowell Mountains. MMRP is immediately adjacent to […]

Managed to get myself aligned with the camera, if not the background. (Barely got my iPhone balanced on another post ...)

Biscuit Flat

2021-11-24 Bike Riding 0

I have not ridden my mountain bike since my ride along the Arizona Canal — aka the “Homeless Highway” — March 2, 2014, nearly eight […]

Ride for the Children

2013-04-20 Bike Riding 0

Ride for the Children is an annual mid-April charity bike ride to benefit homeless kids. Basically, it is a loop around Mummy Mountain. Note that […]