Phoenix Mountains Preserve

I saw no "trail work in progress", but the RJ Peak trail was in good shape, and their effort much appreciated!

RJ Peak

2024-10-22 Hiking 0

RJ Peak is not a long hike — only 1.38 miles roundtrip — but there is a “complete” description here. Though short, RJ Peak gives […]

Baby diamondback in Dreamy Draw.

Baby Snek!

2024-06-11 Bike Riding 0

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, […]

RJ Peak, viewed from Trail #8A. It's higher than it looks.

RJ Peak

2023-05-29 Hiking 0

TL;DR Like North Mountain, but on dirt instead of pavement. Great views. I discovered this hike totally by accident: I usually drive Shea to my […]

Tagged train in Plymouth, Wisconsin.

Graffiti #5

2022-12-31 Video 0

Sick this week, so didn’t get out for my planned Maricopa Trail hike. Instead, I threw together my first graffiti video since — ironically — […]

generic white hiker on brown background sign

North Mountain

2022-09-19 Hiking 0

Thought I was doing okay. Made final turn at 12:25, which is 30-60 seconds faster than normal. Thought, “Hell, if I really push, I have […]

Small portion of the antenna farm atop Shaw Butte.

Shaw Butte Trail #306

2021-11-17 Hiking 0

Today, November 17, is National Take a Hike Day — something I only realized sometime in the past year. My two previous hikes on this […]

generic white hiker on brown background sign

North Mountain

2020-10-19 Hiking 0

Got some travel coming up, so not going for an “away” hike this Thursday. Instead, I will be climbing North Mountain by the steep dirt […]

Looking southeast across Sunnyslope towards Piestewa Peak and the previous rain band.

North Mountain

2020-03-12 Hiking 0

Decided a long hike looking for flowers might not be a good choice today, so i’m sticking around the house. Watching radar, I snuck out […]