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Singed and sooty chevron on ponderosa pine charred by the Wilbur Fire.

General Crook Trail: V27-V33

2023-09-06 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the 5th segment of General Crook Trail. I hiked the previous General Crook Trail segment, from Upper Sawlog Tank #1 […]

C&O Canal midpoint marker: Though in my case, after today, I have a mere nine miles to complete the towpath.

McMahon’s Mill to Williamsport

2023-08-21 Hiking 0

I planned to hike the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal towpath from McMahon’s Mill to Williamsport during Easter, 2022, but had to bail due to the […]

Unlike some railroad bridges down the Potomac River, this CSX line is active.

Oldtown to North Branch

2023-08-18 Hiking 0

I was originally going to hike the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal from Oldtown to Spring Gap, but that is barely 6½ miles, and would have […]

Big, puffy, clouds started rolling in from the north about 9:30 a.m. I first heard thunder at 10:50 a.m.

General Crook Trail: V39-V43

2023-07-26 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the second part of the 6th segment of General Crook Trail. The overall sixth segment of the General Crook Trail, […]

Crystal Spring Trail #17

2023-07-19 Hiking 0

It has now been three years since the Bighorn Fire, and two years since I last hiked the Catalina Mountains. In 2021, I attempted Butterfly […]

West Chevelon Canyon

2023-07-06 Hiking 0

Hard to believe it has been 10 months since my last Mogollon Rim canyon crawl, in West Leonard Canyon. Didn’t do one in April. Nor May. […]

Bachelor's Button (Centaurea cyanus). Not sure how I figured this out, as it was only 1% likely on Wildflowersearch.org for elevation, color, size, etc. But it exactly matches the closeup on wikipedia. What a find!

General Crook Trail: V33-V39

2023-06-28 Hiking 0

Heading east from Dewey, this is the first part of the 6th segment of General Crook Trail. Even though it is late June, the managed Wilbur Fire is […]