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Phoenix

Desert Chicory on Dixie Mountain Loop.

Phoenix Sonoran Preserve

2020-03-06 Hiking 0

My wife and I were in Houston the end of February, so I didn’t get a hike in the week we left, as we were […]

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #67: Houston

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #67: Houston 🚀

2020-02-27 Dashcam 0

Wife and I were in Houston to visit family & friends there for the first time since November, 2014, when we made an emergency 1,000 […]

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #66: Bad Phoenix Drivers Caught on Dashcam

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #66

2020-02-13 Dashcam 0

There’s one really good rant, I could have in this blog, but probably best that even I bite my tongue. 😇 Besides, I do enough […]

Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway Sign Arizona Flag: The End

Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway

2020-02-02 Dashcam 0

It first occured to me to check out the west end of South Mountain Park while hiking the Alta Trail up Maricopa Peak in March, […]

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #65

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #65

2020-01-30 Dashcam 0

I was really sweating this episode of Phoenix Asshole Drivers. Now that I am retired, I don’t drive every day, let alone commute. Most of […]

I didn't time this, just got lucky.

South Mountain: Desert Foothills Loop

2020-01-23 Hiking 0

16,283 acre South Mountain Park is the largest city park in the United States. It is popular with the usual array of Phoenix outdoor activities: Hikers, […]

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #64

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #64

2020-01-16 Dashcam 0

After our usual round of fall travel — #dashcam in tow — to Maryland, Florida, Missouri and Las Vegas, for this edition of Phoenix Asshole […]

Phoenix Asshole Drivers Greatest Hits #2

Phoenix Asshole Drivers Greatest Hits #2

2019-12-23 Dashcam 0

My wife & I travel quite a bit. Even more than the four road trips below. (We did not have a travel dashcam until later […]

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #62 - Missouri

Phoenix Asshole Driver #62: Missouri

2019-12-16 Dashcam 0

My wife likes to travel a lot more than I do, and her family is scattered around the good ol’ USA, while my is mostly […]

Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway Sign Arizona Flag #10

Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway

2019-12-07 Hiking, Rant 0

In preparation for my 10th, and final, Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway survey hike, I created a new route to follow. After downloading the route […]

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Recent Posts

  • Black Mountain

    2025-05-07 Hiking 0
  • The Black Jack Trail #568 crosses right, along that small ridge, a contour down, then wraps left around the right side of the small hill, to Maverick Hill's summit.

    Maverick Hill Trail #568

    2025-04-29 Hiking 0
  • The Great Stalacpipe Organ, listed by Guinness as the world's largest musical instrument, occupies 3½ of Luray Cavern's 64 acres. The organ was created by Leland Sprinkle, who spent three years selecting and tuning the stalactites which serve as its "pipes". My video's (below) music was played on the organ by Monte Maxwell.

    Luray Caverns, Virginia

    2025-04-19 Tourism 0
  • The first four miles of Cave Creek Trail #4 are by far the best. (Mainly due to many awesome saguaro.)

    Cave Creek Trail #4

    2025-04-09 Hiking 0
  • Hiking Beer #10 and Other Beer-li-ness

    Hiking Beer #10

    2025-04-07 Video 0

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