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Confusion was the theme of the day! Sign reads [Promontory "V" Tree]. Supposed location of V62, but etched as "V63". Didn't find any marking on any of the four adjacent large trees -- one broke near base -- and I scanned them 360° all the way up. (In case the mark gained height with tree growth.)

General Crook Trail: V57-V62

2024-06-12 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the second part of the 8th segment of General Crook Trail. The General Crook Trail is named after General George […]

Split Oak Forest

2024-05-31 Hiking 0

I try to get a hike in everywhere I travel: Connecticut, Scotland, Oklahoma, Belgium, etc. It’s difficult finding trails in Florida, as what isn’t swamp […]

Lots of interesting walls in Miller Canyon.

Lower Miller Canyon

2024-05-14 Hiking 0

Miller Canyon flows north from the Mogollon Rim at Hi View Point, 13 miles to East Clear Creek, just upstream from C.C. Cragin Reservoir. Miller […]

General Crook Trail: V51-V57

2024-05-08 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the first part of the 8th segment of General Crook Trail. In 1872, General George Crook surveyed a road from Fort […]

Looking west, from the HL Saddle Picnic Area, towards snow-capped Mount Graham.

HL Canyon Trail #11

2024-04-30 Hiking 0

I’ve long wanted to hike the entirety of Deer Creek, in Aravaipa Canyon. Thirteen months ago, I even took a stab at it, but had to bail […]

In the 1870s, General Crook Trail mileage was scratched in trees and rocks. In the 1970s, Boy Scouts replaced the missing rocks and fallen trees with a 24″ high logs, 4″ diameter, with the mileage etched & painted into the log.

General Crook Trail: V6-V16

2024-04-24 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 3rd segment of General Crook Trail. From the Copper Canyon Trailhead (P2) on FR 136, I skipped eight miles […]

I believe these are cutleaf nightshade (Solanum xanti), not silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium), as the latter bloom later, at lower elevation. This is about 3,250 el., near Sears Kay Ruins.

Bartlett Dam Rd. to FR 1058

2024-04-08 Hiking 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 25th segment of the Maricopa Trail. In the intro for the previous Maricopa Trail video, I said Granite […]

Maricopa Trail Index

2024-04-08 Bike Riding, Hiking 0

Maricopa Trail is a 315 mile trail system in Maricopa County. The 315 miles is the total, including access routes. The actual loop itself, around […]

Drooping star-of-Bethlehem, purposefully timed to capture the passing bikes. Tried burst mode, filmed it instead, so this is a video still.

Sharpsburg & Ferry Hill

2024-03-30 Hiking 0

Short walk on the C&O Canal from Lock 38 east to Conococheague Sportsman Club, back to Lock 38, then north ⅔ mile around Ferry Hill. […]

Clouds only came in at the end of my hike.

Granite Mountain TH to Bartlett Dam Rd

2024-03-20 Hiking 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 24th segment of the Maricopa Trail. The Maricopa Trail is a 315-mile trail system around the Phoenix metro […]