BCT: Big Bug Creek to Brushy Wash
The Black Canyon Trail (BCT) is a National Recreation Trail. Originally 64 miles from Carefree Highway to Big Bug Trailhead on AZ-69, it has grown […]
The Black Canyon Trail (BCT) is a National Recreation Trail. Originally 64 miles from Carefree Highway to Big Bug Trailhead on AZ-69, it has grown […]
Unlike most of metro Phoenix, which is laid out in one mile squares, the roads in Queen Creek are all curley. So, for the third […]
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 7th segment of the Maricopa Trail. The Maricopa Trail is a 315-mile trail system around the Phoenix metro […]
I haven’t gotten out of the house for anything more than a spin around the neighborhood since biking the Maricopa Trail three weeks ago. Funeral […]
My wife’s in Florida — Orlando and Jacksonville — this week, so hopefully she picked up some good dashcam captures of Florida Man and Florida […]
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 6th segment of the Maricopa Trail. My goal is to hike or bike all 245 miles of the […]
There’s a lot of old jeep trails in what is now Skyline Regional Park. One of them appears to extend from Skyline’s main wash up […]
Fifteen years ago, I commuted from Sunnyslope to Scottsdale for work. I would head out at 5:30 a.m. to avoid the morning rush, but even […]
I recently bought a new GoPro HERO10 Black. This after much consideration of other brands of action camera, including some that are mounted in sunglasses. […]
There’s so many diverse places to hike in Arizona that — other than the Mogollon Rim — I figure I am doing well if I […]
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