Freedom Trail #302
55° when I left home at 1230. Perfect hiking weather. After shrink visit, had wife drop me off at Piestewa TH. Started hiking at 1430, […]
Maricopa County
Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
This is my second trip out here, the last being eight months ago. I was expecting prep work — positioning equipment & supplies, etc. — […]
Little Four Peaks
42° from Phoenix to Apache Junction. Got to AJ too soon for store to be open to buy the jacket I forgot. All the way […]
Lookout Mountain
Got a late start because I was working on a non-hiking video project. 60°, and totally overcast, when I left home in Sunnyslope at 1500. Caught […]
Praying Hands – Crosscut TH
I msg’d tibber a couple of times, but didn’t hear back from her, so msg’d Jack for details on her big b-day bash. (Turns out […]
Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
I wanted to hike the future route of the South Mountain Loop 202 freeway, but did not think there would be a place to park […]
Sundad Ghost Town
From the Fourr Cemetery and Oatman Massacre sites, Stoic and I moved on to Sundad. Sundad is on Agua Caliente Rd., which is dirt, but […]
Oatman Massacre / Fourr Cemetery
Headed out with Stoic to follow up on some previous trips, throwing in the Sundad ghost town / rock art as a side trip. First […]
Maricopa Peak
This hike gave me the idea to do my Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway series of hikes. (See the video, below.) Wow, that was slower […]
Go John Trail
Overton ➞ Slate ➞ Quartz ➞ Go John ➞ Overton loop It rained last night, and I got sprinkles as I headed north on Cave Creek Rd. I hit the trail about 7:10 […]