
Shaw Butte Trail #306
It was a wintry — by Phoenix standards — 51° when I started my traditional Christmas Eve day hike up Shaw Butte. The Christmas Palo Verde […]
It was a wintry — by Phoenix standards — 51° when I started my traditional Christmas Eve day hike up Shaw Butte. The Christmas Palo Verde […]
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, […]
Sick this week, so didn’t get out for my planned Maricopa Trail hike. Instead, I threw together my first graffiti video since — ironically — […]
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 […]
Today, November 17, is National Take a Hike Day — something I only realized sometime in the past year. My two previous hikes on this […]
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 […]
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 […]
When I was walking around my hood yesterday, I noticed that an ATV had crossed the widely spaced small boulders at the 12th St. trailhead, […]
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