Apache Leap
I planned to hike Preston the Yeti’s route up to Apache Leap, along the rim for 2.5 miles to the highpoint, 4875 ft, back track […]
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Camp Bouse
Camp Bouse was one of twelve camps in the American Army’s World War II Desert Training Center (DTC), or California-Arizona Maneuver Area (CAMA). The DTC […]
Wood Canyon Rim
After breakfast at Buckboard City Cafe, took an alternate drive to the trailhead: south on FR 230, rather than AZ 177, almost to the ranch, […]
Bellevue Ghost Town / Gibson Mine
Continuing my run of Superior-Miami-Globe area hikes, and wanting to start checking out some ghost towns, I hit on the idea of Bellevue. I could […]
Historical Pinal Cemetery
After doing the Queen Trail, east of Superior, in the morning, I stopped by the Historic Pinal Cemetery on my way out of town. Despite […]
Queen Creek Canyon
Did the Queen Trail in the morning, before stopping by the Historic Pinal Cemetery early in the afternoon. Stopped for breakfast at the Buckboard Cafe, […]
Check Dam Trail #190
Unfinished business from last June, when I got off track, I was short on time and it was hot. In Search Of … Anyone remember […]
Liberty Bell Arch
I had planned on hiking AZ Hot Springs on my way to Vegas, asking autumnstars if she was interested. She had plans, but suggested I […]
Picketpost Circumference
The last time I was out here, in June, 2012, I aborted due to time constraints. (And not because a rather large western diamondback was […]
Board Creek Loop
I like rain. Love listening to it patter on my roof. When I lived in Wisconsin, I would go out on my porch to watch […]