Scott Mountain & Ray Mine
The Dripping Springs Mountains are not an area I had heard of until one day I was randomly perusing a topo map, and noticed the […]
Hiking
Skyline Regional Park
This is my third Valley of the Sun local parks hike of the winter, after hiking Estrella Mountain Regional Park two weeks ago. Skyline Regional […]
Tunnel Mine Canyon & Skull Rock
It’s been way too long since I visited the stunning mountains of northern Yuma County. Almost two years, since I went arch hunting in the […]
Butterfield / Pedersen / Coldwater Loop
One of the things I decided to start doing this year is more hikes in the cooler months closer to home. Partly because it would […]
Miners Needle Loop
I planned to do this hike back in mid-November, but a couple of miles up the dirt part of Peralta Road, aka Forest Road 77, […]
Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park
Today, I set out to do the hike I skipped a few weeks ago do to me having a cold and it being below freezing […]
Pointe Tapatio Golf Course Loop
When I was walking around my hood yesterday, I noticed that an ATV had crossed the widely spaced small boulders at the 12th St. trailhead, […]
Shaw Butte Trail #306
I was intending to do a hike in the Weaver Mountains today, but with overnight temps in the mid-30s in Phoenix, I knew it would […]
White Rock – La Madre Spring Loop
My wife and I have been having romantic December getaways in Las Vegas since 2011. We occasionally visit other times of the year, most recently […]
Burr Oak Woods
My wife and I were in Blue Springs, Missouri, just east of Kansas City, to spend Thanksgiving with our oldest son, Augie. We do that […]