Looking across Forest Road 4 and Telegraph Canyon, towards Picketpost Mountain.

Roadside Memorials #6

2025-08-24 0

Interstate 8 After exploring the Agua Caliente ghost town, we drove east from Dateland, towards Gila Bend, picking up the frontage road near Theba. (Because stopping […]

At the bottom of Sabino Canyon, looking up at the Aspen Trail #93 view point.

Marshall Peak Loop

2025-07-15 0

This week was our annual summer trip to Mount Lemmon. You could hike up from Tucson, but if you do you are much stronger hiker […]

I love the way the false hellebore / corn lily frames the pine needles.

Sandstone Canyon

2025-07-02 0

Sandstone Canyon is a short canyon that starts at Sandstone Tank, and ends only 2¼ miles later at West Leonard Canyon. Sandstone Canyon is dead […]

Prescott Circle Trail (The Other PCT)

Prescott Circle Trail Index

2025-06-24 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 […]

Porcupine Canyon had several sections of exposed bedrock. No pooling though.

Porcupine Canyon

2025-06-18 0

Today’s Mogollon Rim canyon crawl is down an unnamed canyon. Let’s call it “Porcupine Canyon”, after Porcupine Ridge, which forms its west flank. After exiting […]