Bear Canyon Lake
Gradually transitioning from bike riding, I didn’t become a regular hiker until 2011. That was also the year I did my first Mogollon Rim hike, […]
Mogollon Rim
Merritt Draw & Maverick Canyon
Hiking Merritt Draw and Maverick Canyon was my eighth, and likely last, Mogollon Rim hike of 2020. It might be a little early yet, even at […]
Gentry Canyon – Mogollon Rim
I’ve been hitting the Mogollon Rim pretty hard this year, but I need to up my game if I will ever reach my goal of […]
Upper Miller Canyon
Two years ago, I hiked middle Miller Canyon, the four miles north of FR 141H. (“Middle” is the section, not the actual name of the […]
Woods Canyon Lake
The weatherman was predicting it would be 117℉ in Phoenix, near 100℉ in Prescott and Payson — the latter of which is in the closed […]
Milk Ranch Point
After last week’s adventure hiking Willow Springs Canyon, I thought it would be a good idea to avoid canyon crawling, and stick to an established […]
Willow Springs Canyon
I’ve hiked around Woods Canyon Lake several times, but I’ve never been down the canyon it drains into. The lake is my favorite place in […]
Kehl Canyon
I did my first Mogollon Rim hike in 2011, when I hiked from the Geronimo Trailhead to Washington Park. But that was below the Rim, […]
Phoenix Asshole Drivers #71
Most of the incidents my dashcam captures on dirt roads involved OHVs channeling their inner Sebastian Loeb, swinging wide through corners. (Other than that one […]
Open Draw – Gentry Ridge
Rim Rd. / FR 300 — the artery of the Mogollon Rim — is closed for five or six months a year, during the winter. […]