Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
Today was the fourth of my biannual South Mountain Freeway / Loop 202 survey hikes, that I started in April, 2015. The basic concept is […]
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Shaw Butte, Computer Disaster & Phoenix Asshole Drivers #3
This week, I again scheduled myself to hike Tanner Peak. Yet again, the day before, I had my plans altered. Unlike last week, when I […]
West Fork of Oak Creek
The last two or three months, I haven’t really had any hike plans: I’ve been making it up as I go along. Last week, I […]
Abineau-Bear Jaw Loop
After hiking Colton Crater the day before, I had planned to hike Kachina Trail from Schultz Pass to Snow Bowl, ending the hike with my […]
Colton Crater
I noticed Colton Crater when I was out here last year, hiking SP Crater. Whereas SP Crater is tall, steep and slippery with volcanic rock […]
North Mountain
I don’t normally blog about short, local, maintenance hikes. That would be boring: “Yeah, I hiked up Camelback. Again.” Well, except Camelback is a zoo, […]
Sierra Prieta Trail #264
It’s been awhile since I did a get-out-of-town hike: Five weeks to be exact, when I hiked from the Ice Age Trail from Parnell Tower to […]
Tour de Arizona
We had family in town this week. With one exception, they had never really experienced Arizona. So, we did some Phoenix tourist things that even […]
Rock Wall Trail #608
After last week’s hike to Tonto Natural Bridge, this is the second week in a row where I would not have enough time to make […]
Phoenix Asshole Drivers #2
I suffer from PTSD: Phoenix Traffic Stress Disorder. Last year, when I first thought of documenting the daily hell that is driving in Maricopa County, […]