Phoenix Asshole Drivers #13 – Las Vegas
I use the terms brake-a-bator, brake-a-bation, braketurbation and masterbraker, interchangeably. All are portmanteaus of “braking” and “masturbation”, indicating one who brakes too frequently, thus playing […]
Arizona
Pine Canyon-Bearfoot Trail
Another week, another search for a hike that isn’t over 100 degrees, isn’t threatened by a Biblical deluge, is within three hours of base camp, […]
Black Hills Loop
It’s been hard coming up with hikes the past six weeks. The temperatures have usually been over 110° in the low desert around Phoenix. As […]
Phoenix Asshole Drivers #12
I try to avoid driving, if at all possible, due to my PTSD (Phoenix Traffic Stress Disorder). For instance, I will walk the 2.5 mile […]
Brins Mesa Loop
Last week on Tuesday and Wednesday it hit record highs for the day: At 121°, within one degree of Phoenix’s all time high, set on […]
Phoenix Asshole Drivers #11 – New Mexico
Twice a year, on the first Saturday in April and October, the White Sands Missile Range has an open house at the Trinity Site, where […]
Tanner Peak
I’ve had Tanner Peak on my list for two years, since I hiked Armer Mountain, looking for the West Point C-47 wreckage. The last time […]
Porter Mountain / Sunrise Mine
It’s been five months since Paul (‘PrescottStyle’) and I last did a hike together, to the Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park, south of Yarnell. […]
Charles M. Christiansen Trail #100
I had planned to do a hike up in Yavapai County on Saturday, but PrescottStyle had to work. Since the temperature was scheduled to top out […]
Phoenix Asshole Drivers #10
It seems to be one month is up, one month is down. This was a down month, with my PTSD (Phoenix Traffic Stress Disorder) reaching […]