Phoenix Asshole Drivers #40
Before I retired, depending on which office I worked in, I would either commute six miles each way from Sunnyslope to Missouri St. in Phoenix, […]
Phoenix Asshole Drivers: Michael Joe Jolls
My wife & I were on our way out of Sunnyslope, southbound on 7th St. at 11:37 a.m. Just as we passed the Arizona Canal, […]
Big Stick Mine Exploration
I originally meant to explore Big Stick Mine last year, on the same day I explored the adjacent Weepah & Homestake Mines. But I ran […]
Guadelupe Ridge & Fat Man’s Pass
Fray Marcos de Niza (c. 1495-1558) was a Italian Franciscan friar who, in 1531, arrived in Spanish America to be a missionary. In 1536, the […]
Phoenix Asshole Drivers #39 – Las Vegas
My initial thought downloading video from my dashcam, from our our Christmas trip to Las Vegas, was that there wasn’t much, and it wasn’t any good. […]
Tom’s Thumb & Ogre’s Den
Last week, I tried taking the Climbers Access Route up East End Mountain to Tom’s Thumb. I had to bail when I encountered a section […]
Climbers’ Route to Tom’s Thumb?
After my last hike, on Prospect Trail in Nevada’s Valley of Fire, it was back home this week. Being winter, I planned another ‘Locals Hike’, […]
Phoenix Asshole Drivers #38
Officially referred to as “reversible lanes”, Phoenix’s suicide lanes handle the increased load of rush hour traffic on 7th St. and 7th Ave. (Phoenix’s road […]
Valley of Fire State Park
Usually, my wife & I have our annual romantic Las Vegas visit earlier in December, but this year we could not swing it until Christmas […]
Limestone Trail #252
Now that is cool in the Sonoran Desert, I plan to do a few mine explorations. This Friday, I intended to return to Santa Maria […]