Prescott Circle Trail (The Other PCT)

Prescott Circle Trail Index

2026-05-06 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 […]

City of Phoenix - Sunnyslope - Murder Center

Sunnyslope Murder Tour: Index

2026-04-25 0

These are the homicides that have occured since I moved to Sunnyslope in September, 2008. Or, in the case of Sunnyslope serial killing “Zombie Hunter” Bryan […]

Cottonwood Trail #508: The human-only v-gate on FR 139, just south of AZ-260.

Cottonwood Trail #508

2026-04-22 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is a bonus, non-canonical, 15th segment of General Crook Trail. As surveyed by the general himself in 1871, the General […]

Hiking Beer #11 and Other Beer-li-ness

Hiking Beer #11

2026-03-31 0

Celebrating 93 years since Prohibition was repealed, 4/7 is National Beer Day in the USA. 🥳 Unfortunately, I will be travelling on 4/7, drinking at […]

Enjoying a hiking beer atop Sunrise Peak. (That palo verde is the high point.)

Lost Dog Wash to Sunrise Peak

2026-03-12 0

Sunrise Peak is in Scottsdale’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve, the largest city park in the United States at 30,500 acres. Maricopa County’s McDowell Mountain Regional Park, […]

Black Mountain is steep, but not THAT steep.

Black Mountain

2026-03-03 0

Since I finished the C&O Canal, I plan on returning to doing Appalachian Trail day / segment hikes. There’s a lot of up & downs […]

North Mountain anti-graffiti sign

North Mountain Intervals

2026-02-28 0

It’s been over a year since I hiked North Mountain. Most of my during-the-week exercise has been biking around Sunnyslope. I decided to get back […]