Yavapai County – Page 10 – Kingsnake's Home Den

Brins Mesa Loop

2017-06-28 Hiking 2

Last week on Tuesday and Wednesday it hit record highs for the day: At 121°, within one degree of Phoenix’s all time high, set on […]

Hundreds of tiny crystals on this mineral, near Sunrise Mine on Porter Mountain.

Porter Mountain / Sunrise Mine

2017-05-15 Hiking, Mine Exploring 1

It’s been five months since Paul (‘PrescottStyle’) and I last did a hike together, to the Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park, south of Yarnell. […]

Looking across Bumble Bee Creek towards Sunset Point.

BCT: Crown King Rd. to Bumble Bee

2017-03-10 Hiking 0

As I discovered last year, the Black Canyon Trail (BCT) is a sorely underrated area for bagging #flowerporn. So, I put it on my list a […]

Walkin’ Jim Trail

2017-02-12 Hiking 2

In late Fall, I set out a “program” for six months of hiking. I planned it so I got in some distance hikes, some elevation […]

Phoenix Asshole Drivers #5 – Xmas Fun!

2016-12-17 Dashcam, Rant 0

First, let me say that the SpyTec A118C dashcam is a heaving pile of shit. I have had nothing but problems with my crappy SpyTec […]

Looking down the box canyon to the fatality site. Everything is burned to the ground, which is covered in ash. A half mile out is the ranch the hotshots were trying to reach.

Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park

2016-12-08 Cemetery, Hiking 4

Three and a half years ago, I hiked from Glen Oaks to Hill 6276, overlooking Wilhoit. I was concerned about wildfire as, at the time, […]

Low crawling one of many barbwire fences.

Smith Brothers Mine

2016-11-17 Hiking, Mine Exploring 0

In my constant search for new things to check out, where I won’t have to fight hordes of perfume-reeking, boombox blasting, spandex-stretching weekend warriors, I […]