Lookout Mountain
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 […]
Phoenix
Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway
I wanted to hike the future route of the South Mountain Loop 202 freeway, but did not think there would be a place to park […]
North Mountain
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 […]
Shaw Butte Trail #306
Well, I made it. Just a hair over 600 miles for the year: My best ever. Four days ago I was on 589, and figured […]
Shaw Butte Hoops
Are you a Tim in Phoenix? Check out the Bobby Murdoch Phoenix CSC site! The Celtic FC Foundation — the charitable arm of the team […]
Ride for the Children
Ride for the Children is an annual mid-April charity bike ride to benefit homeless kids. Basically, it is a loop around Mummy Mountain. Note that […]
Cholla-Dreamy Draw Loop
Another fairly common bike loop of mine: Head east on Peoria into the Phoenix Mountain Preserve. Realize I had forgot my water. (Not a normal […]
Mega Church Loop
Listed as “road biking” as it was mostly canal, streets and bike paths, even though I ride a mountain bike. Down to Crack Whore Corner […]
Bike back from Trailhead Bike Cafe
The wind that felt so good when I was walking, sucked when I was biking it home. Sweating wrists dousing laptop as I type. It’s […]
Walk to Trailhead Bike Cafe
Car’d flat tire bike to shop yesterday. It was a necessity. Today, I could either car to pick it up, or I could hoof it, […]