Brown’s Mountain Loop
Brown’s Mountain is a formation in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, north of the ritzy Troon North Golf Club. It is part of a chain of […]
Arizona
Hiking Beer #6
On January 17, 1920, the United States prohibited the production, sale and transport of alcohol. But not its possession. Rich people emptied out liquor stores […]
Kingsnake’s Dashcam #81
Judging by March’s heavy increase in traffic colume, the Chinese Lung AIDs panic is well & truly over. Shame: I was rather enjoying zipping along […]
Hyde Mountain
After a complete lack of flowers at Picacho Peak and Phoenix Sonoran Preserve the last two weeks, I decided to skip this week’s scheduled Phoenix-area […]
Phoenix Sonoran Preserve
In 2020, I started finding heavy flowers the first week of March, when I hiked a half dozen trails in the Phoenix Sonoran Preserve‘s south […]
Picacho Peak: Sunset Vista Trail
There’s a Table Mesa (“Table Table”) in Arizona, so why not a Picacho Peak (“Peak Peak”)? 😜 Picacho Peak is the distinct formation on the […]
Governors Peak
Less than an hour from my home in Sunnyslope, Governors Peak is not far from Phoenix. The trailhead is on a dirt road, but one […]
Kingsnake’s Dashcam #80: Florida!
I miss my wife when she’s travelling, but she sure does pickup some good dashcam footage, particularly in Florida. Her most recent Florida foray was […]
Maricopa Peak
I was going to hike another segment of the Maricopa Trail today, but my wife was visiting family in Florida, and hiking from Anthem to […]
Anniversary Arch Loop
The Goldfield Mountains are located north of Apache Junction, and south of the Salt River. The Superstition Mountains are literally across the road, on the […]