Cave Creek Regional Park
Normally, on Christmas Eve, I hike Shaw Butte to visit it’s palo verde Christmas Tree. It’s a good work out hike. But not worth a […]
Butterfield Stage: Enid to Xmas Camp
Any given Old West trail, rather than being a singular track — like, say, Interstate 40 — was a web of routes heading in the […]
Hiking Food #3
Food I’ve eaten before, during & after hikes and bike rides: Black Canyon Trail: Chicken fingers @ Rock Springs Cafe 🥧 Oklahoma Firefighters Museum: Bacon […]
Apache Maid Mountain
I started my winter, lower-elevation, hiking program last week at Peoria Sunrise Mountain Preserve. When I finished around 1 p.m., it was a toasty 87℉. […]
Peoria Sunrise Mountain Preserve
Personally, I avoid doing the same hike a second time. Heck, the first sixty times I hiked the desert behind my house, I only repeated […]
Porcupine Canyon Police Call
In the Army, a “police call” is when you pick up garbage around your “AO” (area of operations, usually a barracks or motor pool). When […]
McClintock Draw
McClintock Draw is a small canyon on the Mogollon Rim, between McClintock Ridge and Dane Ridge. McClintock Draw extends for only 2¾ miles, before emptying […]
Jember, Surabaya, Singapore & Home
Friday (10/3): We had a free day, with no tours. I wanted to take a walk around Jember. I probably would have been okay, but […]
Mount Bromo
Tuesday (9/30): We did not have any activities planned for the day. So, after breakfast, we spent most of Tuesday reading. In my case, “L.A. Confidential”, […]