Blue Dick Mine
It’s starting to get warm down here in Phoenix, so I sent a twitter DM to my hiking & mine exploring buddy, @Prescottstyle (Paul), asking if […]
Hiking
Georgetown to Carderock Recreation Area
After I hiked the C&O Canal Path from Antietam Aqueduct to Snyder’s Landing last year, I began planning my Halloween 2019 hike along the canal. […]
Hiking Beer #4
Celebrating 86 years since Prohibition was repealed, 4/7 is National Beer Day in the USA. 🍻🎉 Pictured are beers I’ve quaffed during & after hikes. […]
Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
This was my ninth Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway survey hike. My first survey hike was four years ago, in April, 2015. Hard to believe […]
Skyline Regional Park
Lot of stuff going on behind the scenes are Kingsnake Studios. I’ve been uber busy. Not sure where to look for #flowerporn this week, and […]
Maricopa Trail: Spur Cross to CCRP
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 2nd segment of the Maricopa Trail. Heading into this week’s hike, I’d heard that flowers were going nuts, […]
Buckeye Copper Mine 2
I was thinking of heading back out to the Dripping Spring Mountains, on the undefined border of Gila County & Pinal County, for some more […]
Black Mesa Loop
Last week I explored Big Stick Mine, on the Santa Maria River, about a two hour drive from my home in Sunnyslope. So, this week […]
Big Stick Mine Exploration
I originally meant to explore Big Stick Mine last year, on the same day I explored the adjacent Weepah & Homestake Mines. But I ran […]
Guadelupe Ridge & Fat Man’s Pass
Fray Marcos de Niza (c. 1495-1558) was a Italian Franciscan friar who, in 1531, arrived in Spanish America to be a missionary. In 1536, the […]