Coronado Mesa
This is the third of Pam’s New Years HikeArizona get togethers I’ve done, after Vulture Peak in 2013 and Roblas Butte last year. This was […]
I Like Beer
Johnny Cash has always been my favorite musician. My earliest musical memory is being seven years old, driving on North Avenue, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to […]
Desert Park-Windgate Pass-Gateway Loop
With a short week due to being in Las Vegas last week, and Mission Viejo for Christmas, and working on the subsequent Valley of Fire […]
Valley of Fire State Park
This week my wife and I had our annual romantic pre-Christmas getaway to Las Vegas. As everywhere else we travel, I planned a hike or, […]
Phoenix Asshole Drivers #5 – Xmas Fun!
First, let me say that the SpyTec A118C dashcam is a heaving pile of shit. I have had nothing but problems with my crappy SpyTec […]
Dixie Mountain Loop
With the holidays coming up, I knew I wouldn’t have any time to do a long, out of town, hike, let alone the associated triplog, […]
Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park
Three and a half years ago, I hiked from Glen Oaks to Hill 6276, overlooking Wilhoit. I was concerned about wildfire as, at the time, […]
Amtrak Sunset Limited / Agua Caliente Rd.
Today was another expedition I’ve had gestating for awhile. (Almost two years, since Stoic and I visited the rock art at the Sundad ghost town.) I […]
Phoenix Asshole Drivers #4
More incidents of Phoenix drivers being assholes, including a left turn across six lanes, another appearance by Sergeant Halftrack and his Winnebago, and running a […]
Smith Brothers Mine
In my constant search for new things to check out, where I won’t have to fight hordes of perfume-reeking, boombox blasting, spandex-stretching weekend warriors, I […]