Natural Arch – Kingsnake's Home Den

Looking south, across Garden Valley, towards Weavers Needle.

Hackberry Spring Loop

2017-10-13 Hiking 0

A hiking friend, tibber, had a birthday party scheduled for this weekend at Lost Dutchman State Park. Since things were supposed to kick off Friday […]

Valley of Fire State Park

2016-12-21 Hiking 1

This week my wife and I had our annual romantic pre-Christmas getaway to Las Vegas. As everywhere else we travel, I planned a hike or, […]

Pine to Tonto Natural Bridge

2016-07-22 Hiking 4

I just did this hike three weeks ago. Normally, I’ll wait years before I repeat a hike. Heck, the first 60 times I hiked in […]

Pine to Tonto Natural Bridge

2016-07-01 Hiking 2

I came up with the idea for this hike last year, after I did the Pine 2 Strawberry hike. I knew Tonto Natural Bridge was […]

West side of Hidden Valley Tanks (center), protected by sheer cliff faces.

Arch-O-Rama

2016-03-11 Hiking 0

I was last out here 13 months ago, when I attempted to find an arch near the trailhead, then hike up canyon, through Hidden Valley […]

Castle Dome Arches

2015-02-04 Hiking 0

I’ve been meaning to check out Palm Canyon for quite some time, but cannot justify driving three hours, each way, for a half mile “hike”. […]

Summit of Palomino Mountain, looking towards Weavers Needle. Someone left 200 ft. of expensive rope behind!

Aylor’s Arch / Palomino Mountain

2015-01-28 Hiking 0

Looks like I ended up doing this one myself. Arrived at the Firstwater TH about 8:00 a.m. Let my wife know that even though there […]

Looking through the arch at its shadow, and the hole's non-shadow.

Alamo Lake Arch

2015-01-03 Hiking, Mine Exploring 0

It was 27°, at 8:00 a.m., when we made our traditional stop at the Wickenburg Shell station. I hoped to have better luck with the […]

Sign outside the Blue Bird Cafe: "A mine is a hole in the ground owned by a liar." (Mark Twain)

Hackberry Spring Loop

2014-11-17 Hiking 0

This was my second time out at Hackberry Spring this year. Enjoyable day with nice people: AZLumberjack MinerMike and trekkin_gecko. 🙂 We checked out the […]

Starting to descend from Garden Valley to Hackberry Springs.

Hackberry Spring Loop

2014-03-11 Hiking 0

Another trip with Rockadoodledude. Only three cars in the lot when we started at 0715. Really nice light along the whole hike, but particularly in […]