#flowerporn – Kingsnake's Home Den

Emerald Point, viewed from Abalone Point Lookout. The panoramic view stretches (L-R) from Dana Point, past Laguna Beach, Two Rock Point, Emerald Point, Abalone Point, Crystal Cove, Catalina Island (distant), Reef Point, Palos Verdes (distant), and Pelican Point, to Newport Beach.

Crystal Cove State Park

2026-05-25 Hiking 0

Second year in a row visiting my Aunt in Orange County, for her birthday. This time, I gave myself an extra day so I could […]

Very nice patch of silvery lupine (Lupinus argenteus) at the south end of the second enclosure.

Houston Brothers Trail #171

2024-07-31 Hiking 0

I was going to hike hike Porcupine Ridge, near Woods Canyon, at the east end of the Mogollon Rim, but AZ-87 to Payson was closed down due […]

In the 1870s, General Crook Trail mileage was scratched in trees and rocks. In the 1970s, Boy Scouts replaced the missing rocks and fallen trees with a 24″ high logs, 4″ diameter, with the mileage etched & painted into the log.

General Crook Trail: V6-V16

2024-04-24 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 3rd segment of General Crook Trail. From the Copper Canyon Trailhead (P2) on FR 136, I skipped eight miles […]

West Chevelon Canyon

2023-07-06 Hiking 0

Hard to believe it has been 10 months since my last Mogollon Rim canyon crawl, in West Leonard Canyon. Didn’t do one in April. Nor May. […]

Coulter's lupine were dominant on the east side of Hill 2308. (Also tons of them on I-8 and along AZ-84.)

Stanfield Hill 2308 Loop

2023-03-21 Hiking 0

Tuesday, I was scheduled for my monthly Lunch With Mom in Casa Grande. Wednesday, I was supposed to be hiking Seven Springs to Cave Creek with LosDosSloFolks, from […]

Rain was expected mid-day along the Mogollon Rim, so I left home early. The reward was a beautiful sunrise over Four Peaks as I drove north on the Beeline Highway.

Knoll Lake & East Leonard Canyon

2022-08-17 Hiking 0

East Leonard Canyon is a 6-mile long canyon, located on the Mogollon Rim. Knoll Ridge forms its west flank; an unnamed ridge topped by Limestone […]

I thought was a variety of orange jelly, but it is actually a cauliflower mushroom (Sparassis crispa). Cauliflower mushroom are apparently quite tasty, but I did not eat that massive unit with my hiking beer.

East Clear Creek – Quaking Aspen Canyon

2022-08-03 Hiking 0

Quaking Aspen Canyon is located on the Mogollon Rim, just six miles east of AZ-260. Kehl Ridge is on its right flank, while Cienega Draw […]

Charging a fist-sized shotgun is rarely a career-enhancing move.

Four Locks to Fort Frederick

2022-04-15 Hiking 0

For our annual Easter visit to Hagerstown, I had two C&O Canal hikes scheduled: First, from Four Locks to Ft. Frederick (MP 108.7-112.2), then from […]

Arizona Flowers: High Country #2

2021-11-27 Hiking 0

My third Arizona flowers video adds another three dozen or so species I’ve photographed on my travels across the elevated forests, canyons and mountains of […]

These were all along FR 95 to Tanner Peak. For years, I had no idea what they were, but based on my 2023 Prescott Circle Trail hike, they are New Mexico locust.

Arizona Flowers: High Country

2021-09-21 Hiking 0

The second of my Arizona flowers videos, moves out of the low desert, into the “high country” of northern Arizona. The terrain is much more […]