Military

ROTC patrol in ideal "training weather" near Sycamore Canyon.

The Decompression Chamber

2022-07-30 Video 0

Andrea Bryant is a Navy veteran, and aspiring comedian, who works at GaS Digital, a podcast network. Below, I appear on her veteran-oriented podcast, “The […]

Trinity Test fireball at 16 milliseconds.

Trinity Site

2017-04-01 Historic, Tourism 0

After my hike at Alkali Flat, we returned to the White Sands Motel, relaxing with a couple of beers, while looking at the mountains just […]

Hiking Beer #2 and Other Beer-li-ness

I Like Beer

2016-12-30 Video 0

Johnny Cash has always been my favorite musician. My earliest musical memory is being seven years old, driving on North Avenue, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to […]

Air Force veteran on the left; Army on the right.

Old Camp Reno

2016-11-11 Historic 6

A couple of weeks ago, I began doing long range hike planning. The end result is I have hikes scheduled through the end of April, […]

Marking the C-47 so that passing planes won't report it as a new crash.

Armer Mountain

2015-09-19 Hiking 0

Located just north of the east end of Roosevelt Lake in Gila County’s Sierra Ancha, Armer Mountain is where, on December 30, 1951, a C-47 […]

Civil Affairs branch insignia, Jump Wings, Parachute Rigger Wings.

Geronimo TH to Pine

2015-08-14 Hiking 0

I knew I wouldn’t be able to get out today, 8/16, so I made this my Airborne Day hike. (The first U.S. military jump, by […]