Tuzigoot National Monument preserves a pueblo ruin on the summit of a ridge just outside of Cottonwood, Arizona. I’d like to share a story about the hike to the ruin, but it was a 0.3 mile paved trail so nothing much happened other than one foot stepped in front of...
Last year I was on my way here when I got the call from Aluminarium to meet them at Buckeye Regional Park on the other side of Phoenix. Since I had not yet settled it, I went ahead and turned West to meetup with them, leaving Roosevelt Lake for another...
Recalling where I was and what I was doing… One year ago – After hanging out with friends at Lake Mead for the week, Moose and I parted ways. However, before leaving the area we hiked the Redstone Dune Trail and boondocked a few more nights near Overton, Nevada. On...
Now that I am a Captain of a new kayak I feel a need to sail – err paddle that is. It has influenced my decisions on where to camp, so much so that Theodore Roosevelt Lake has been on my todo list for a few weeks, even though it...
Before arriving at the next week’s camping location, I dropped into Tonto National Monument (my 62nd National Park) which houses two Salado-style cliff dwellings from 700 years ago. It took a half-mile paved hike up the side if the hillside before getting the dwelling but once there the cool air...
We spent this past week boondocking not far outside of Bowie, Arizona at Indian Bread Rocks which has turned out to be another great addition to my list of boondocking locations here in the south west. This area is simply large rock formations within the Dos Cabezas Mountains Wilderness and...
Recalling where I was and what I was doing… One year ago – One year ago this week I was just finishing up another week;s camping with Leigh and Brian at Buckeye Hills Regional Park just outside of Phoenix. When we parted ways it was to be for some time,...
A few years back I visited the Chiricahua National Monument for a hike while staying at a RV park in Wilcox, AZ. Also planned that day was to visit Fort Bowie just up the mountain but the 8 miles of washboard dirt road scared me away. I had even purchased...
I have spent this past week boondocking not far out of Tombstone, Arizona. Even though I have been in this area multiple times in recent years, it has become something of a tradition to pop in here for at least one week when I am in Southern Arizona. This year...
I got to thinking – after seeing Kelly Puccio’s TimeHop posts on Facebook – what was I doing this week last year? How about 2 or 3 years ago? If I held my bread and tapped my shoes… well I still couldn’t remember. Thankfully, I have this blog that has...
