Iron King Trail
With five of the six national forests closed in Arizona until at least September, finding a hike — let alone nine! — in Arizona that […]
PCT: Watson Lake to Turley Trailhead
On Monday, the Coconino National Forest and Kaibab Forest closed due to extreme wildfire threat. I was planning on hiking around Knoll Lake, on the […]
Kingsnake’s Dashcam #84: Colorado
I couldn’t quite cram my Colorado road trip clips into May’s edition of Kingsnake’s Dashcam #83. So, this month I lead with them. My driving […]
Blue Ridge Trail #107
Assuming the highway is not blocked due to a wildfire — more on that later — it is a 3½ hour drive from Phoenix to […]
East Clear Creek Loop
I was too wore out last Thursday — after hammering out two blogs and two videos from our Telluride trip — to do an “away” […]
Kingsnake’s Dashcam #83
This month I drove up to the Bear Canyon Lake on the Mogollon Rim for my first post-snow hike of the year, down to Marana […]
Bridal Veil Falls
After driving nearly 500 miles up from Phoenix, my wife and I were spent the week in Mountain Village, the ski resort above the city […]
Telluride Road Trip
I got a really good deal on an off-season short term rental in Mountain Village (a “suburb” of Telluride), so my wife and I took […]
Bear Canyon Lake
Gradually transitioning from bike riding, I didn’t become a regular hiker until 2011. That was also the year I did my first Mogollon Rim hike, […]
Kingsnake’s Dashcam #82: Maryland
Every Easter and Halloween, my wife & I fly to Maryland to visit family. (Due to Wuhan Flu, 2020 was the exception, and I drove […]