Tanner Peak

2017-06-04 3

I’ve had Tanner Peak on my list for two years, since I hiked Armer Mountain, looking for the West Point C-47 wreckage. The last time […]

Still catching morning sun on these cholla at almost 10:00 a.m.

Palo Verde Trail #512

2017-03-02 3

Last night, after planning this hike — downloading the route, etc. — I got a tweet from the Tonto National Forest that most of the […]

Agfa 35mm Camera

Top 40 Photos of 2016

2017-01-01 2

Last year, I decided to start summing up my hiking year in photos. A “Top 10 Photos of 2015“, if you will. No voting, just […]

Buffalo near Mount Marcy. The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge has herds of buffalo but, unlike 2008, we saw only this one.

Bison Trail

2016-07-15 0

My favorite soccer player is Greek international Georgios Samaras. Big Sammi played six years at Celtic, before moving on to West Bromwich Albion in England, […]

I saw several "musroom rocks" in this small grove of petrified wood a quarter mile north of the OP.

Jasper Forest Road

2016-05-19 2

After finishing my early morning hike to First Forest Point, I drove around the traffic circle to the other end of the Jasper Point trailhead […]