Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
This is my seventh Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway survey hike. I’ve done them every six months or so since April, 2015, when the freeway’s path […]
Hiking
Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail Trail
After day hiking the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania over Easter, my wife & popped down to Jacksonville for an Endurance Karting Spina Bifida charity race […]
A.T.: Pen Mar to Old Forge
Last Easter, I completed the Maryland segments of the Appalchian Trail. That won’t seem like much to an AT thru-hiker who knocks out Maryland in […]
BCT: Bumble Bee to Government Spring
I had planned to hike Black Canyon Trail segment #9, from Bumble Bee to Government Spring, and segment #10 on to the ghost town of […]
Pass Mountain Trail #282
I planned to hike Black Canyon Trail today, as the segments north of Rock Springs Cafe are an underrated source of beautiful spring flowers, in […]
Cottonwood Spring Loop
Last week, exploring Bullard Mine, was an ‘away’ hike. This week was supposed to be another ‘locals hike’. My plan was to hike a loop […]
Beardsley Trail – Lake Pleasant
So far, in 2018, I’ve been alternating hikes on local trails and those further afield. (And they don’t get much further afield than Tunnel Mine […]
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 […]
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 […]