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 […]
Sunnyslope
North Mountain
Got some travel coming up, so not going for an “away” hike this Thursday. Instead, I will be climbing North Mountain by the steep dirt […]
North Mountain
Decided a long hike looking for flowers might not be a good choice today, so i’m sticking around the house. Watching radar, I snuck out […]
Phoenix Asshole Drivers: Michael Joe Jolls
My wife & I were on our way out of Sunnyslope, southbound on 7th St. at 11:37 a.m. Just as we passed the Arizona Canal, […]
Pointe Tapatio Golf Course Loop
When I was walking around my hood yesterday, I noticed that an ATV had crossed the widely spaced small boulders at the 12th St. trailhead, […]
Shaw Butte Trail #306
I was intending to do a hike in the Weaver Mountains today, but with overnight temps in the mid-30s in Phoenix, I knew it would […]
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 […]
Graffiti #3
I’m not a “writer”. I can’t even decipher most graffiti. I figured graffiti was just an urban phenomenon. But a few years ago, I was […]
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 […]
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, […]