Lake Pleasant – Kingsnake's Home Den

Lake Pleasant: Just below the summit of Yavapai Point, looking southeast across Ariel Island, towards Black Mountain. The TSMC chip fab, Middle Mountain, Pyramid Peak and Ludden Mountain were clearly visible in the distance. New Waddell Dam is behind Scorpion Bay Marina on the right.

Yavapai Point Trail

2025-03-19 Hiking 0

Today’s plan was to hike to the Cholla Benchmark, atop Yavapai Point, in Lake Pleasant Regional Park. 2025 has been the worst flower season since I […]

Enjoying the shade at the halfway cabana. I tried to time this photo to traffic passing in back, but no such luck.

Maricopa Trail: Lake Pleasant – 119th Ave

2022-02-10 Bike Riding 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 6th segment of the Maricopa Trail. My goal is to hike or bike all 245 miles of the […]

Maricopa Trail: Anthem to Lake Pleasant

2021-12-08 Hiking 0

Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 4th and 5th segment of the Maricopa Trail. At the beginning of 2021, I set out to hike […]

The view from the top of Indian Mesa, looking southeast across Tule Creek, and the Agua Fria River, towards Lake Pleasant (the sliver just in front of the distant White Tank Mountains).

Indian Mesa Ruins

2021-12-01 Hiking 0

Indian Mesa Ruins is another one of those hikes I’ve had on my to-do list for years. Not sure why I’ve never gotten around to […]

One of many, many brittlebush that were in full bloom.

Hiking Lake Pleasant

2018-11-30 Hiking 0

I avoid hiking high elevations, like Strawberry Mountain, in the winter. Couple of inches of snow up there the last few days. No thanx. ✋ […]

Beardsley Trail – Lake Pleasant

2018-02-19 Hiking 0

So far, in 2018, I’ve been alternating hikes on local trails and those further afield. (And they don’t get much further afield than Tunnel Mine […]

An AT-6 Texan done up as a Mitsubishi A6M Zero of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Lake Pleasant AT-6 Plane Crash Site

2017-01-18 Hiking 2

My normal hike day is Friday, but it is supposed to rain all day Friday. And Thursday. And Saturday. It took me two days to […]