Cave Creek Regional Park
Normally, on Christmas Eve, I hike Shaw Butte to visit it’s palo verde Christmas Tree. It’s a good work out hike. But not worth a […]
Arizona
Sunnyslope Murder Tour: Index
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 […]
Butterfield Stage: Enid to Xmas Camp
Any given Old West trail, rather than being a singular track — like, say, Interstate 40 — was a web of routes heading in the […]
Hiking Food #3
Food I’ve eaten before, during & after hikes and bike rides: Black Canyon Trail: Chicken fingers @ Rock Springs Cafe 🥧 Oklahoma Firefighters Museum: Bacon […]
Apache Maid Mountain
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℉. […]
Peoria Sunrise Mountain Preserve
Personally, I avoid doing the same hike a second time. Heck, the first sixty times I hiked the desert behind my house, I only repeated […]
Porcupine Canyon Police Call
In the Army, a “police call” is when you pick up garbage around your “AO” (area of operations, usually a barracks or motor pool). When […]
McClintock Draw
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 […]
Johnson Canyon Railroad Tunnel
Johnson Creek starts at the base of Hearst Mountain, three miles north of Williams. Johnson Creek winds westward for 20 miles, ending a mile south […]
Quien Sabe Draw
Quien Sabe Draw is a small canyon on the Mogollon Rim, between Turkey Pen Ridge and Fred Haught Ridge. Only 2½ miles long, Quien Sabe […]