The view from the top of Indian Mesa, looking southeast across Tule Creek, and the Agua Fria River, towards Lake Pleasant (the sliver just in front of the distant White Tank Mountains).

Indian Mesa Ruins

2021-12-01 0

Indian Mesa Ruins is another one of those hikes I’ve had on my to-do list for years. Not sure why I’ve never gotten around to […]

Managed to get myself aligned with the camera, if not the background. (Barely got my iPhone balanced on another post ...)

Biscuit Flat

2021-11-24 0

I have not ridden my mountain bike since my ride along the Arizona Canal — aka the “Homeless Highway” — March 2, 2014, nearly eight […]

Small portion of the antenna farm atop Shaw Butte.

Shaw Butte Trail #306

2021-11-17 0

Today, November 17, is National Take a Hike Day — something I only realized sometime in the past year. My two previous hikes on this […]

Red Basin, from Off the Beaten Path waypoint 8.

Clam Beds & Red Basin

2021-10-21 0

The Petrified Forest is a 221,391 acre national park in Navajo County and Apache County, in northeast Arizona. It is known for its fossils, the stunning […]

Aiming for a puddle on Rim Road.

Driving Rim Road

2021-10-06 0

The Mogollon Rim is a 200-mile long escarpment, extending from Yavapai County to New Mexico. Up to 2,000 ft. above terrain, the Rim separates the […]

The highlight of my bushwhack down Barbershop Canyon was this beautiful cliff.

Barbershop Canyon

2021-10-06 0

Last week’s expedition to Greens Peak did not yield the rainbow of fall color I had hoped for. The best fall color I’ve found in […]

Kingsnake's Dashcam #87

Kingsnake’s Dashcam #87

2021-10-05 0

Hiking, in temperatures lower than the surface of the sun, is why so much of an ostensibly “Phoenix” dashcam channel take place in Coconino County, […]