Charles M. Christiansen Trail #100
I had planned to do a hike up in Yavapai County on Saturday, but PrescottStyle had to work. Since the temperature was scheduled to top out […]
Phoenix Mountains Preserve
Shaw Butte Trail #306
Shaw Butte is my go to hike when I can’t get away for an away from home hike. From the North Mountain Visitor Center, doing […]
Shaw Butte, Computer Disaster & Phoenix Asshole Drivers #3
This week, I again scheduled myself to hike Tanner Peak. Yet again, the day before, I had my plans altered. Unlike last week, when I […]
North Mountain
I don’t normally blog about short, local, maintenance hikes. That would be boring: “Yeah, I hiked up Camelback. Again.” Well, except Camelback is a zoo, […]
Charles M. Christiansen Trail #100
Down at the pub at a more reasonable hour this morning — 0700, rather than the more common 0430 — to watch Celtic take on […]
Pointe Tapatio Golf Course Loop
I’m on pace to equal my personal second best total mileage for a year, of 678.35 miles, set in 2015, and also to smash my AEG […]
Shaw Butte & North Mountain Double Summit
I’ve had it in mind for quite some time to do a double summit of Shaw Butte and North Mountain. North Mountain, as most people […]
Charles M. Christiansen Trail #100
My team, Glasgow Celtic, was due to be on TV down at Rosie McCaffrey’s Irish Pub this morning at 0800. No one was there to […]
Charles M. Christiansen Trail #100
I live on the edge of the Phoenix Mountains Preserve, within sight of North Mountain. In any other city, the rich people would live next […]
Piestewa Peak
Most of my out of town hikes this month have been short, but I didn’t want to invest 4+ hours round trip drive time either, […]