Maricopa Trail: Lake Pleasant – 119th Ave
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 6th segment of the Maricopa Trail. My goal is to hike or bike all 240 miles of the […]
Phoenix
Kingsnake’s Dashcam #91
Fifteen years ago, I commuted from Sunnyslope to Scottsdale for work. I would head out at 5:30 a.m. to avoid the morning rush, but even […]
Bike Neighborhood
I recently bought a new GoPro HERO10 Black. This after much consideration of other brands of action camera, including some that are mounted in sunglasses. […]
South Mountain: Pyramid Loop
Every winter, I do hikes in lower elevations, where there is no snow. Most of those are what I call a “locals hike“: Phoenix area hikes […]
Kingsnake’s Dashcam #90
Winter is officially upon us. It is -8℉ in Flagstaff as I type. Thankfully, “only” 36℉ in Phoenix. So, this is the time of year […]
Marcus Landslide
Marcus Landslide was “discovered” in 2002 by two ASU geography post-grads. Surely, many people had looked at the rocks before, but the students were the […]
Maricopa Trail: Anthem to Lake Pleasant
Counter-clockwise from Bronco Trailhead, this is the 4th and 5th segment of the Maricopa Trail. At the beginning of 2021, I set out to hike […]
Kingsnakes Dashcam #89: Maryland
Another Halloween in Hagerstown, Maryland, in the books. Son & family went as the crew from Scooby Doo. Ruh-roh, Shaggy, is that a Mystery Van!? […]
Shaw Butte Trail #306
Today, November 17, is National Take a Hike Day — something I only realized sometime in the past year. My two previous hikes on this […]
Kingsnakes Dashcam #88: Florida!
Kingsnake’s Dashcam has visited at least 17 states over the past six years: New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, […]