BCT: Government Spring to Cordes
Hiking from the corral near Government Spring to Antelope Creek Rd., a mile southwest of the ghost town of Cordes, is the tenth segment, south-to-north, […]
Hiking
Burr Oak Woods
My wife and I were back in Blue Springs, Missouri, for Thanksgiving with our oldest son, Augie. I’m not sure who got stuffed more: The […]
Dixie Mine Loop
After two weeks of minimal physical activity, including seven days sitting in my car, driving to & from Maryland, I needed to do some real […]
Edward’s Ferry to Noland’s Ferry
I had originally planned to hike the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Towpath eleven miles from Edward’s Ferry to Monocacy Aqueduct for my first Easter hike, and […]
North Mountain
Got some travel coming up, so not going for an “away” hike this Thursday. Instead, I will be climbing North Mountain by the steep dirt […]
Loy Canyon Trail #5
I was on the Mogollon Rim two weeks ago, hunting fall colors in Merritt Draw & Maverick Canyon. With a big cross country drive coming […]
Merritt Draw & Maverick Canyon
Hiking Merritt Draw and Maverick Canyon was my eighth, and likely last, Mogollon Rim hike of 2020. It might be a little early yet, even at […]
Medlar Springs Trail #9706
Mid-week, Phoenix was in the midst of an unseasonable, but welcome, cold snap. Well, “cold” by Phoenix standards: Overnight lows were in the mid-60s! 🥶 […]
Gentry Canyon – Mogollon Rim
I’ve been hitting the Mogollon Rim pretty hard this year, but I need to up my game if I will ever reach my goal of […]
Sandys Canyon & Walnut Canyon
There isn’t actually a “Sandys Canyon”. And it usually appears without the apostrophe, despite apparently being posessive. Go figure. 👨🏻🎓 So, what may be referred […]