Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
This is my fifth survey of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway right-of-way. I did my first Loop 202 survey on April 13, 2015, and […]
Hiking
A.T.: Wolfsville Rd. to Pen Mar
My son & granddaughter live in Hagerstown. “Where’s that?” everyone always asks. If you drew a triangle, with Baltimore and Washington, DC, at two of […]
Cave Creek / Skunk Tank Loop
The last time I did the Cave Creek / Skunk Tank Loop, I was very new to Arizona hiking, with nothing much under my belt […]
White Sands – Alkali Flat Trail
In summer, 2008, my wife and I took a drive across country to Wisconsin, hitting many cheesy tourist sites along the way, such as the […]
BCT: Crown King Rd. to Bumble Bee
As I discovered last year, the Black Canyon Trail (BCT) is a sorely underrated area for bagging #flowerporn. So, I put it on my list a […]
Palo Verde Trail #512
Last night, after planning this hike — downloading the route, etc. — I got a tweet from the Tonto National Forest that most of the […]
Alamo Lake BM Loop
Four years ago, almost to the day, I first hiked the Alamo Lake BM Loop. Back in early 2013, I was still trying to find […]
Walkin’ Jim Trail
In late Fall, I set out a “program” for six months of hiking. I planned it so I got in some distance hikes, some elevation […]
Shaw Butte Trail #306
Shaw Butte is my go to hike when I can’t get away for an away from home hike. From the North Mountain Visitor Center, doing […]
South Mountain Loop
Bajada → Ranger → National → Goat Hill → National → Bursera → Gila → National → Bajada I had planned to hike to Peter’s Cave, out near Tortilla Flat, in the Superstition […]