Peak Bagging

Me on top of Vulture Peak

Vulture Peak

2016-01-14 Hiking 0

So, the desert race having been last week, I planned on hitting Camp Bouse Peak this week. Rather than take the long route via Bouse […]

Roblas Butte

Roblas Butte

2016-01-01 Hiking 0

While I putting together my 2015 photo highlights video, I realized that what looked like good photos, viewed normally, did not look quite so good […]

Looking at fourth summit of Little Four Peaks.

Little Four Peaks

2015-12-13 Hiking 0

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 […]

Selfie I took for my wife (who is in Houston) and my son (who lives in Maryland).

Lookout Mountain

2015-12-12 Hiking 0

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 […]

Grand Canyon : Desert View Watchtower

Cedar Mountain

2015-10-02 Hiking 0

The main event of my weekend. My purpose for being up north. A hike I’ve been planning for a couple of years, ever since someone […]

Sonic Skiing SP Crater

SP Crater

2015-10-01 Hiking, Off Roading 0

Drove up to Flagstaff today, in preparation for tomorrow’s hike to Cedar Mountain. Figured we would get there early, so lined this up as a […]

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 […]

Hedgehog Cactus flower.

Maricopa Peak

2015-03-28 Hiking 0

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 […]

Brittlebush on North Mountain. Looking across 7th St., towards the Pointe Tapatio resort.

North Mountain

2015-02-21 Hiking 0

I kept a slow, but steady, pace up the North Mountain road. Back was getting sore, and I’m sure my heart rate was elevated, but […]