We encountered this sign down near The Table Top Trailhead. Directions on request or just look in 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles of Phoenix. It is hike number sixty. This is a photo of me at the end of the ...Read More
“If you wait until the last minute, it only takes a minute to do.” Often called the Stock–Sanford corollary to Parkinson’s law. Photo is of Simon in front of Geronimo’s profi...Read More
This old Saguaro has had a tough life. But it has made it to the third order. We found it in the Maricopa Mountains Wilderness near the trailhead for the Brittlebrush Trail. Maybe the third order Sagu...Read More
I took this photo about a mile from our condo about two miles from the Phoenix Mountain Preserve. It is a three legged coyote. He or she seemed to be doing okay. Life is good....Read More
On Sunday Nurit and I followed up on a lead from Peter and found the rare and very old third order Saguaro Cactus. It has a branch off the trunk and then a branch off the branch and then finally a bra...Read More
I went hiking, with Peter and Jim, north of Cave Creek, Arizona last Sunday and one of the wonders we came across was an oak tree with oak galls on it. The ones pictured above are about a half inch in...Read More
When asking someone to do a task for the first time you’re expectations should be low even if your explanation is perfect. I took this photo of a “Mountain Unicycle” today in the Phoenix Mountai...Read More
“I got lucky and saw a Desert Tortoise.” Or said another way: “I have hiked in the desert enough so that statistically I was likely to see a Desert Tortoise.”...Read More