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, […]
Sunnyslope
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, […]
Charles M. Christiansen Trail #100
Down at the pub at a more reasonable hour this morning — 0700, rather than the more common 0430 — to watch Celtic take on […]
Pointe Tapatio Golf Course Loop
I’m on pace to equal my personal second best total mileage for a year, of 678.35 miles, set in 2015, and also to smash my AEG […]
Shaw Butte & North Mountain Double Summit
I’ve had it in mind for quite some time to do a double summit of Shaw Butte and North Mountain. North Mountain, as most people […]
Pointe Tapatio Golf Course Loop
I went to high school in the South Bay part of Los Angeles. My high school was maybe a mile from the beach. Despite the […]