Apache Maid Mountain looks like a layer cake. Note the fire smoke on the left.

Apache Maid Mountain

2025-11-12 Hiking 0

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℉. […]

Orange jelly. I hadn't seen it in several years, but found it in three places below FR 321C in McClintock Draw.

McClintock Draw

2025-10-22 Hiking 0

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 […]

The beautiful woman I did it all for. (At the Sea of Sand.)

Jelbuk

2025-10-02 Tourism 0

Thursday (10/2): Last Christmas, I gave my wife Bernie this “spare no expense” trip-of-a-lifetime to Singapore & Indonesia. She has not been home to Indonesia, […]

Sunrise on Mount Bromo. At the time, I thought it was rising over Mount Bromo. On October 1, the sun rose at a 95° azimuth. So, the mountain the sun actually rose over must have been Mount Iyang-Argapura, 45 miles away.

Mount Bromo

2025-09-30 Tourism 0

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”, […]

Looking southwest from our hotel room: Teal-domed Masjid Darus Sholah (left), 580 ft. Bukit Jenggawah hill (distant middle), and Jember Sport Garden Stadium (right). Mount Bromo is much taller ...

Jember & Rembangan

2025-09-27 Tourism 0

Saturday (9/27): We arrived at Juanda Airport around 7:00 p.m. A driver and a tour guide picked us up, taking us to the JW Marriott […]

Stunning sunset over the Java Sea, on our Singapore Airlines flight to Surabaya.

Singapore

2025-09-22 Tourism 0

My wife, Bernie, and I no longer exchange presents. We’re old. We have all we need. But last Christmas, in her card, I left a […]