Hiking

Lots of interesting walls in Miller Canyon.

Lower Miller Canyon

2024-05-14 Hiking 0

Miller Canyon flows north from the Mogollon Rim at Hi View Point, 13 miles to East Clear Creek, just upstream from C.C. Cragin Reservoir. Miller […]

Looking west, from the HL Saddle Picnic Area, towards snow-capped Mount Graham.

HL Canyon Trail #11

2024-04-30 Hiking 0

I’ve long wanted to hike the entirety of Deer Creek, in Aravaipa Canyon. Thirteen months ago, I even took a stab at it, but had to bail […]

I believe these are cutleaf nightshade (Solanum xanti), not silverleaf nightshade (Solanum elaeagnifolium), as the latter bloom later, at lower elevation. This is about 3,250 el., near Sears Kay Ruins.

Bartlett Dam Rd. to FR 1058

2024-04-08 Hiking 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 25th segment of the Maricopa Trail. In the intro for the previous Maricopa Trail video, I said Granite […]

Hiking Beer #9 and Other Beer-li-ness

Hiking Beer #9

2024-04-07 Video 0

Today, National Beer Day, April 7th, the USA celebrates the repeal of Prohibition on this festive occasion in 1933. 🍻 Pictured are beers I’ve mostly quaffed […]

Javelina Summit. Looks like there is a wee scramble, but the trail wraps around to the right.

Skyline Regional Park

2024-03-06 Hiking 0

It’s been a couple of years since I last hiked in Buckeye’s Skyline Regional Park, at the south end of the White Tank Mountains. But, unlike […]