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Kingsnake's Dashcam #98: Maryland

Kingsnake’s Dashcam #98: Maryland

2022-07-28 Dashcam 0

Extra summer trip to western Maryland for C&O Canal hiking & biking. Bad Maryland Drivers from Allegany County, Anne Arundel County, Frederick County, Howard County, […]

Kingsnake's Dashcam #97

Kingsnake’s Dashcam #97

2022-06-26 Dashcam 0

I’ve been doing a lot more local driving the last two weeks due to … reasons. Most of it to the area east of downtown […]

I guess you could say I have a thing for sunburst photos. My favorite was in the Castle Dome Mountains.

San Tan Mountain Regional Park

2022-03-16 Hiking 0

Unlike most of metro Phoenix, which is laid out in one mile squares, the roads in Queen Creek are all curley. So, for the third […]

Kingsnake's Dashcam #92

Kingsnake’s Dashcam #92

2022-02-27 Dashcam 0

My wife’s in Florida — Orlando and Jacksonville — this week, so hopefully she picked up some good dashcam captures of Florida Man and Florida […]

Enjoying a hiking beer at Tony Ranch.

Haunted Canyon Trail #203 / Tony Ranch

2021-11-11 Hiking, Off Roading 0

Earlier this year, I switched my regular hiking day from Thursday to Wednesday, as the latter seems to have less traffic. (Probably due to fewer […]

Cholla in the Phoenix Mountains Preserve.

Arizona Flowers: Low Desert

2021-07-18 Hiking 0

I was having my regular Monday lunch with my dad when he suggested I make a video just of the flowers I photograph while hiking. […]

Kingsnake's Dashcam #83

Kingsnake’s Dashcam #83

2021-05-30 Dashcam 0

This month I drove up to the Bear Canyon Lake on the Mogollon Rim for my first post-snow hike of the year, down to Marana […]

Kingsnake's Dashcam #81

Kingsnake’s Dashcam #81

2021-03-27 Dashcam 0

Judging by March’s heavy increase in traffic colume, the Chinese Lung AIDs panic is well & truly over. Shame: I was rather enjoying zipping along […]

Halfway up Sunset Vista Trail, it is joined by the even more ridiculously steep Hunter Trail, before proceeding together to the summit of Picacho Peak.

Picacho Peak: Sunset Vista Trail

2021-03-04 Hiking 0

There’s a Table Mesa (“Table Table”) in Arizona, so why not a Picacho Peak (“Peak Peak”)? 😜 Picacho Peak is the distinct formation on the […]

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #75

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #75

2020-09-03 Dashcam 0

In this month’s dashcam video, I mentioned an incident involving a Flying Cement Mixer. This is that story. In 2007, I was heading south on […]

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Recent Posts

  • Enjoying some quality hiking food at the junction of Alder Canyon and West Fork Alder Canyon.

    Finishing Up Alder Canyon

    2026-07-29 Hiking 0
  • Mount Bigelow, viewed from Kellogg Mountain Trail #45. That boulder is where Mount Bigelow Trail splits.

    San Pedro Vista to Mount Bigelow

    2026-07-21 Hiking 0
  • Alder Lake was bone dry. On current satellite view it has water.

    Alder Canyon

    2026-07-15 Hiking 0
  • This friendly fella stopping by to say "Hello" at the coneflower patch on FR 139C was the highlight of my day.

    Middle Barbershop Bail

    2026-07-08 Hiking 0
  • The Stott, Scott & Wilson cemetery in Hangmans Draw reminded me of Davey Gowan's grave in the Mazatzal Mountains. Note the "Aug 4 1888" dates of death are incorrect: The three were lynched a week later.

    Stott Canyon – Hangmans Draw

    2026-07-01 Cemetery, Hiking 0

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