Hiking

A half mile of FR 95, on both sides of Bear Canyon, was closed in May, 2019, after flooding wiped out the crossing. I heard there was a bridge there, but I saw no bridge remains, of any kind, upstream of Quien Sabe Draw.

Quien Sabe Draw

2025-09-04 Hiking 0

Quien Sabe Draw is a small canyon on the Mogollon Rim, between Turkey Pen Ridge and Fred Haught Ridge. Only 2½ miles long, Quien Sabe […]

At the bottom of Sabino Canyon, looking up at the Aspen Trail #93 view point.

Marshall Peak Loop

2025-07-15 Hiking 0

This week was our annual summer trip to Mount Lemmon. You could hike up from Tucson, but if you do you are much stronger hiker […]

I love the way the false hellebore / corn lily frames the pine needles.

Sandstone Canyon

2025-07-02 Hiking 0

Sandstone Canyon is a short canyon that starts at Sandstone Tank, and ends only 2¼ miles later at West Leonard Canyon. Sandstone Canyon is dead […]

Porcupine Canyon had several sections of exposed bedrock. No pooling though.

Porcupine Canyon

2025-06-18 Hiking 0

Today’s Mogollon Rim canyon crawl is down an unnamed canyon. Let’s call it “Porcupine Canyon”, after Porcupine Ridge, which forms its west flank. After exiting […]

Heading down Cobblestone Trail. The next day was actually foggier!

Santa Rosa, CA

2025-06-12 Hiking, Tourism 0

I first visited Santa Rosa around 1971  when the population was 50,000. My grandparents had retired there from Los Angeles. We flew out for that […]