West Fork of Oak Creek
The last two or three months, I haven’t really had any hike plans: I’ve been making it up as I go along. Last week, I […]
Hiking
Abineau-Bear Jaw Loop
After hiking Colton Crater the day before, I had planned to hike Kachina Trail from Schultz Pass to Snow Bowl, ending the hike with my […]
Colton Crater
I noticed Colton Crater when I was out here last year, hiking SP Crater. Whereas SP Crater is tall, steep and slippery with volcanic rock […]
North Mountain
I don’t normally blog about short, local, maintenance hikes. That would be boring: “Yeah, I hiked up Camelback. Again.” Well, except Camelback is a zoo, […]
Sierra Prieta Trail #264
It’s been awhile since I did a get-out-of-town hike: Five weeks to be exact, when I hiked from the Ice Age Trail from Parnell Tower to […]
Parnell Tower to Crooked Lake, WI
In my continuing quest to do at least one hike — a real hike, as opposed to the city walks I did the last two […]
Rock Wall Trail #608
After last week’s hike to Tonto Natural Bridge, this is the second week in a row where I would not have enough time to make […]
Pine to Tonto Natural Bridge
I just did this hike three weeks ago. Normally, I’ll wait years before I repeat a hike. Heck, the first 60 times I hiked in […]
Bison Trail
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, […]
Derrick-Highline-Horton Loop
I waited until late on Thursday to come up with something. I checked weather reports for Payson, Prescott and Peeples Valley trying to figure out […]