At the bottom of Sabino Canyon, looking up at the Aspen Trail #93 view point.

Marshall Peak Loop

2025-07-15 0

This week was our annual summer trip to Mount Lemmon. You could hike up from Tucson, but if you do you are much stronger hiker […]

I love the way the false hellebore / corn lily frames the pine needles.

Sandstone Canyon

2025-07-02 0

Sandstone Canyon is a short canyon that starts at Sandstone Tank, and ends only 2¼ miles later at West Leonard Canyon. Sandstone Canyon is dead […]

Prescott Circle Trail (The Other PCT)

Prescott Circle Trail Index

2025-06-24 0

The Prescott Circle Trail (PCT) is a 54-mile loop around Prescott that utilizes City of Prescott, Yavapai County and Prescott National Forest trails. The PCT […]

Porcupine Canyon had several sections of exposed bedrock. No pooling though.

Porcupine Canyon

2025-06-18 0

Today’s Mogollon Rim canyon crawl is down an unnamed canyon. Let’s call it “Porcupine Canyon”, after Porcupine Ridge, which forms its west flank. After exiting […]

Heading down Cobblestone Trail. The next day was actually foggier!

Santa Rosa, CA

2025-06-12 0

I first visited Santa Rosa around 1971  when the population was 50,000. My grandparents had retired there from Los Angeles. We flew out for that […]