Roadside Memorials #1
2017-11-14: I was thinking of doing a roadside memorial search next week. While pondering where to do it, I realized there was no blog for my […]
Gila County
Mogollon Rim Vista Loop
Rodeo is in Payson next weekend — 8/14-16 — so I figured I’d best do the Mogollon Rim Vista Loop today, rather than fight an […]
Houston Mesa Loop
Wife was out of town, so I wanted to do something that was not too isolated. I’ve been in Prescott a lot lately, and had […]
Mogollon Rim Railroad Tunnel
I was looking for something to do in Prescott, and not coming up with anything, so whipped this together the night before: Hike up to […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dude Fire Hike
I Shall Bear Witness* I moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin, on June 26, 1990. I always found it ironic that the same day that was […]
Tonto Natural Bridge
I was barely mobile after my Pine Canyon Trail #26 hike two hours earlier, so rather than walking down to the bottom of the arch, […]
Pine Canyon Trail #26
Recently, I was trying to remember where it was I saw this hike, and thought it was Payson. After casting a wider circle, and basically clicking […]
Davey Gowan’s Grave
Davey Gowan was a Scottish immigrant to the American Southwest. While prospecting in 1877, seeking refuge from Apache, he became the first white man to […]