
San Tan Mountain Regional Park
It’s a long drive from Sunnyslope to Queen Creek, so it’s been three years since I last hiked San Tan Mountain Regional Park. Back then, […]
It’s a long drive from Sunnyslope to Queen Creek, so it’s been three years since I last hiked San Tan Mountain Regional Park. Back then, […]
Ludden Mountain is a free-standing, double-peaked, formation in far northwest Phoenix. Part of the Deem Hills, Ludden Mountain was named for area rancher Homer Charles […]
Before we look at some older Sunnyslope homicides, we had five — that I am aware of — in 2024: Feb. 19: Tiana Hodges shot […]
Lost Dog Wash Trail to Taliesin Overlook is 2.1 miles, 400 ft. accumulated elevation gain (AEG), outbound. Only 60 AEG on the return trip. Alternately, Ringtail […]
These are the homicides that have occured since I moved to Sunnyslope in September, 2008. Or, in the case of Sunnyslope serial killing “Zombie Hunter” Bryan […]
Reach 11 Recreation Area is located in north Phoenix. From Cave Creek Rd., Reach 11 stretches seven miles east to Scottsdale Rd., and a less than a […]
If you drive to the Elephant Rock “trailhead” via Sun Valley Parkway, as you pass through the retirement community, look south. Through a gap in […]
It was a wintry — by Phoenix standards — 51° when I started my traditional Christmas Eve day hike up Shaw Butte. The Christmas Palo Verde […]
Wife flying in at 8:15 p.m. Left home at 4:45. Hit West Buttes Parking Lot at 5:30. Had to pee: Still no toilet, or even outhouse. […]
The Phoenix Sonoran Preserve is in far north Phoenix. There’s two units, South and North, separated by Sonoran Desert Drive and Cave Buttes Recreation Area. […]
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