This butterfly really liked my pack. I kept trying to shoo him off, and he wouldn't leave. Maybe he thought the orange was dinner?

McCarty Draw

2018-07-13 0

On Wednesday, the Coconino National Forest area closures & Stage III restrictions that went in to effect after I hiked Arizona Trail Segment #29 to […]

Saluting Fisher Point with an Oak Creek Nut Brown Ale.

Sandys Canyon

2017-08-28 0

I was thinking of doing this hike back in June, or early July, but for some reason I cannot remember — despite two hours of […]

Bear Jaw Canyon

Abineau-Bear Jaw Loop

2016-09-30 2

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 […]

No flowers, but there was a wide variety of fungi in West Bear Canyon.

West Bear Canyon

2014-09-29 0

I was planning on being up here anyway to look for colors, and hopefully find some close to wherever I parked so that my wife […]

Butterfly in East Bear Canyon.

East Bear Canyon

2014-07-02 1

FERN-O-RAMA! Another last minute throw together. Wanted to do something in Prescott, but with the rodeo there and me *hating* crowds — and traffic  — I figured […]