Baldy / Francis Rogers Mountain
On 241-something miles for the year and want to make 250 so I headed out to Lake Pleasant after watching my European soccer team embarrass […]
Hiking
Bootleg Spring & Rainbow Spring
My wife and I took our second straight late-December trip to Las Vegas. (Her Christmas gift was a stay at the Wynn, along with a […]
Limestone Trail #252
This loop is a tale of three segments: The out, the fun — Limestone Trail #252 — and the back. As I hiked it, the […]
Elephant Mountain Trail
This was my fourth trip to Spur Cross in the last four weeks. Might not seem much to those folks who have second homes in […]
Elephant Mountain Trail
Back out to Spur Cross to have another go at the Elephant Mountain loop, this time with a loaded route in the GPS. I figured […]
Brandenburg Mountain
I hate to make the 2.5 hour trip to Aravaipa for the property owner’s meeting and not get a hike in, and I’ve been wanting […]
Los Burros
Not sure how the 14-mile full loop could be only 500 AEG when I did 800+ on just the 10-mile medium loop … Anyway, I […]
Springs Trail #633
After Woods Canyon Lake, I stopped in Pinetop for lunch at Aliberto’s. (Alot like the {fill in blank}berto’s here in Phoenix, but I liked it […]
Woods Canyon Lake
Work has been very stressful lately, and wife was going to be out of town for our oldest’s birthday, so I decided to take my […]
Deem Hills Recreation Area
Wanted to do something close to town that would give me time to get to Turf Paradise by 11:30. (Even though the local horse season […]