One thing about Autumn here in Arizona is that if you stop to blink, you most likely will miss the season. If I wanted to have a chance to seeing the changing leaves up around Flagstaff, this weekend was my last chance to do so. The area I wanted to go explore also has a…
Tag: road trip
Dead Horse Ranch
“I need to slow down for awhile.” This has become increasingly clear over the past year. After more than a decade of jet setting around the country weekend after weekend, my body and mind are spent. I thought it would be very difficult to give up that lifestyle, but to the contrary, my body has…
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…
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…
Lee’s Ferry
No matter how much time has passed between casts, fishing is always a reliable source of relaxation for me. The early dawn finds me pulling the dust covered truck into the empty parking lot, Lee’s Ferry before me. Lee’s Ferry is the launching area for fly fisherman to find the sweet spot along the Colorado…
Wire Pass
Deja Vu hits me once again as I walk towards the Wire Pass trailhead, but I ignore the feeling as my focus is on the excessive morning heat. I check my water levels and then hit the trail. The soothing red sandstone formations quiet the soul as I hike along, looking for snakes and scorpions….
The road to White Pocket, the Wave, etc…
For years have I been trying to get a permit to hike The Wave, yet no matter how many times I’ve entered the lottery, the only thing that seem to happen is the BLM takes my money, with no return on my investments. The road to this area is close to Cliff Dwellers, and so…
Cathedral Wash
As the coffee was percolating, I find a hand written guide book about local hikes in the area. I settle on hiking Cathedral Wash in the Glen Canyon area. I need to get an early start as the Labor Day Holiday weekend is seeing an excessive heat wave hit the Western United States. It’s not…
Cliff dwellers
I’ve been home from Alaska for almost a whole week. Having successfully survived traveling extensively during a pandemic, I felt more confident trying to resume my normal exploratory routine going forward, and so I scrambled trying to find something to do last minute for the upcoming Labor Day weekend. After some blood, sweat and tears…
The Covid Wild Alaska adventure – Fairbanks
After my quick, leisurely hike around Eagle river, I make it back to the car and GPS the route to my next destination for a couple of days, Fairbanks. I have eight hours of driving time, but with the long hours of daylight up here, I am not worried about driving in the darkness through…
Arcosanti
Ten years have I been following Hipstercrite through various social media platforms, only knowing of her only through the internet. A strange connection has formed though, and when I saw that she and her boyfriend were traveling to Arizona, I got excited to see where they would end up. Little did I know that the…