Papago Park
Wife flying in at 8:15 p.m. Left home at 4:45. Hit West Buttes Parking Lot at 5:30. Had to pee: Still no toilet, or even outhouse. […]
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Phoenix Sonoran Preserve
The Phoenix Sonoran Preserve is in far north Phoenix. There’s two units, South and North, separated by Sonoran Desert Drive and Cave Buttes Recreation Area. […]
Hawes Trail System
I hadn’t put my shoes on dirt in three weeks, and hadn’t done a decent hike since Coachwhip Trail and Arrowhead Point Trail in Thunderbird […]
Thunderbird Conservation Park
After my annual Halloween hike in Maryland, I start my winter hiking program back home in Phoenix. I actually have the next six months of […]
General Crook Trail Bail
I planned to hike the 12th segment of the General Crook Trail. I knew AZ-87 had landslide clearance going on north of Sunflower from 8:00 p.m. […]
Kingsnake’s Dashcam Greatest Hits #8
Lots of trips around the country before the coronavirus hit … Phoenix Asshole Drivers #71: Fully-engulfed car. 🔥 Phoenix Asshole Drivers #72: Lucky bird. 🪶 […]
Sunnyslope Murder Tour #2
I moved to Sunnyslope in 2008. Sunnyslope is actually improvement from when I first moved to Arizona in 1984, living out of the back of […]
Baby Snek!
Doing one of my regular bike loops, through Dreamy Draw, in the Phoenix Mountains Preserve. Zipping down the bike path towards AZ-51 / Piestewa Freeway, […]
Kingsnake’s Dashcam #118
A lot of my non-hiking spare time the last few months has gone into working on the Sunnyslope Murder Tour. Sunnyslope isn’t a large neighborhood, […]