Red Canyon
The time has come around again, the drive back to see family for the Christmas holiday. How repetitive life is...
hiking
Broadway to Cloudview
Another crystal clear winter morning in the desert finds me at the trailhead. Today I will go the opposite direction...
Back to Sabino for a 20 mile adventure
It's a couple of weeks before Christmas. The morning air in Tucson has a definite desert chill to it. I...
Broadway to Siphon Draw
Winter time in the desert lets me sleep in an extra hour or so longer than I would during the...
Hidden Valley
"I plan to finally go check out the Hidden Valley area." "One of my favorite places in the park my...
The East Rim trail
It's not quite 7 a.m. on this cold November day. The trailhead parking lot only has a park ranger vehicle...
Fairyland Loop
Time is one fast moving entity. Eleven years ago it was when I last set foot into Bryce Canyon. A...
Split Rock
I find myself back in my own little utopia of the world, Joshua Tree. I believe this to be my...
Passage 41
I awake to freezing temperatures and a cloudless blue sky. Jacob's Lake opens to serve horrid gas station coffee, but...
Passage 43
Slowly going down a road that I have traveled a few times before. I am heading to Passage 43 of...
A Labor Day hiking loop around Sedona
The unexplainable pull to walk returns. It's Labor Day weekend, but up in Sedona the temperatures will still reach 100...
Enter Sabino canyon
The monsoon clouds threatened the landscape as I made my way over to Sabino canyon. I could sense the danger...