Black Canyon Trail Index
The Black Canyon Trail is a National Recreation Trail that starts at Carefree Highway, in far north Phoenix. Originally 64 miles to the Big Bug Trailhead […]
Bike Riding
Campbell Mesa to Fisher Point
My planned second “away bike” of the summer was for an area I’d both biked before (Campbell Mesa) and hiked before (Fisher Point). On the […]
Anderson Mesa Land’o’Lakes
My first “away bike” of the summer was in an area I’d only skirted before: Anderson Mesa. (In 2017, I hiked from Marshall Lake to […]
Park of the Canals to Granite Reef Dam
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 18th segment of the Maricopa Trail. Last month, I was in Maryland, day hiking the 184 mile Chesapeake […]
Fiery Sunnyslope Bike Ride
Doing my normal short loop bike ride through Sunnyslope. Stop for a quick break near the grade school on Mountain View. Continue east to 7th […]
Maricopa Trail: Pima Cyn – Freestone Park
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 16th segment of the Maricopa Trail. My goal is to hike or bike all 240 miles of the […]
Maricopa Trail: Tres Rios to Bajada TH
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 13th segment of the Maricopa Trail. My goal is to hike or bike all 240 miles of the […]
Mega Church Loop
What I refer to as the Mega Church Loop is my most common bike ride, both “back in the day” (pre-2014) and since I resumed […]
Maricopa Trail: Verrado to Estrellas
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 10th segment of the Maricopa Trail. At the beginning of 2021, I set out to day hike the […]
Maricopa Trail: White Tanks to Verrado
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 9th segment of the Maricopa Trail. Back to another one of my ongoing day-hiking “thru” hike projects: the […]