Below the Mogollon Rim lies the sleepy cabin community of Christopher Creek. After a day of fishing and exploring, H.C. returns to his creekside cabin to enjoy the cooler summertime temperatures and slow nature of life that is to be found here. He had heard about the elk that wander around here, trimming people’s grass…
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back at the Mogollon Rim
H.C. has always known that he goes along in this life to a different beat than most. Until recently that has served him well, but time has finally caught him and his unconventional ways. He ponders this while being up along the Mogollon Rim, trying to get better with his new drone. Trying to eliminate…
Adventures with Cbug
My nephew moved in with me in August so he could pursue his love of pole vaulting while going to college here. I was excited for him to experience life outside of his home State, as well as having some company for the next year or so. August is easily the worst month to move…
Near death on the Cabin Loops trail
The Mogollon Rim always seems to have an air of mystery around it. Between dodging the herds of elk, listening for snakes and looking for bear scat, it takes a true outdoorsman to hike this area. Or someone with a death wish. I’ll let you decide which one I am….. I find my starting point…
Magic on the Rim
Winter was knocking on the door in late October. I knew that my opportunities to camp on the Rim before the snow flies were diminishing. Over the past few weeks as I have been exploring the Mogollon Rim area, one particular spot called to my soul. An outcropping of stones that jutted outward over the…
Potato Lake
Back to the Mogollon Rim the man goes. Today he wants to fish, and so the search for Potato Lake begins. Deep into the forest he goes, off the main dirt road that winds along the Mogollon Rim, soon losing all cell phone coverage. It takes a few wrong turns without the aid of GPS,…
Rainbows End
After my hike of Colonel Devin was done, I headed East along the Mogollon Rim trying to find my resting spot for the night. Young, Arizona, has the self pronounced claim of being the place “Where the WILD WEST lives“, which is a claim that piqued my interest. Can one place in Arizona really stand…
Colonel Devin
Over the last few weekends as I’ve rumbled along the Mogollon Rim road, the sign for the Arizona Trail was prominently displayed. The epic 800 mile trail that runs from Mexico to the Utah border has been increasingly holding my fascination as of late, leading to a formation of a new goal over the next…
Knoll Lake
Another weekend is upon me, which means I’m heading backing to the Mogollon Rim. I will attempt to find and explore the Blue Ridge Reservoir on Sunday, but I decide to spend my Saturday rumbling along the Mogollon Rim road towards Knoll Lake. Dusty and dirty is the way through the pine forests of this…
The Mogollon Rim
This story starts with a single picture, as most of my stories do. I see the Blue Ridge Reservoir online and think that the location tag must be wrong, as a place like this can’t be here in Arizona. So I set out to find this place myself. It’s September, which means Fall is starting…
Saturday at Christopher Creek
Countless times have I driven past the exit sign to Christopher Creek. It was time for me to finally stop and really check out the area, so I get a cabin and start exploring. First stop is heading up the Mogollon Rim to find Woods Canyon lake to get some early morning fishing in. For…
traveling along the Mogollon Rim
A lone female elk raises her head to look at me inquisitively, then returns to her morning grass. I stare at a slow moving dark stone, sauntering back and forth like a drunkard. I see a black bear appear. In the darkest of nights, headlights show the tips of danger as wild animal’s horns are…