I was blessed to have a friend with an extra permit to stay at the Supai Village Lodge. It was three days and a little less than forty miles of hiking (with a heavy pack, I might add). There were...
Flagstaff: Stop and Sneeze in the Flowers
Sometimes you just have to pull to the side of the road and wander into a field of flowers.(or in this case, the Shell parking lot - Hey, I did make a "courtesy purchase"!) Or in this case, goof around...
Monsoon Season: Going to Miss it!
As August is winding down, it is starting to look like the peak of the monsoon season is fading with it. Most folks living outside the desert, don't realize we have one. But the high heat and humidity (yes, it...
Sunrise is E-A-R-L-Y (in case you didn’t know that)!
Sometimes I get up early, and sometimes I sleep in all the way to 4:30. Today was one of those days I nearly slept in (4:22 on the clock). The problem is once I wake up, that's it - I'm...
Early Morning in the Desert
It's 5 in the morning and I've already been up for an hour. What's a guy to do? You can try to go back to sleep or you can do what I do and take a short little hike on...
Rim to Rim Hiking the Grand Canyon – What I “Knew”
"Why am I doing this?" definitely crossed my mind. It crossed my mind, let's say, only about every other step on the way up the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. A mere 15 hours after we started! I never set...
Back to the South Rim (Grand Canyon)
As we prepared for the Rim to Rim Hike the next morning, we spent that evening taking in the sights the South Rim has to offer. I've been blessed to go there numerous times now, but this was the first...
Cooling off at Ribbon Falls (Grand Canyon)
You aren't getting there but by foot. But there is a little detour to Ribbon Falls from the main trail on you way from one Grand Canyon Rim to the other. Is it worth the extra couple of miles added...
The Things You Come Across
With a Grand Canyon rim-to-rim hike coming up fast, I look to hike every night as part of training. One of the things I've noticed was that the saguaro seem to have more blossoms than usual this year - which...
Trails: Cave Creek Regional Park (Go John Trail)
The calendar is about to hit May, and if you think it is starting to warm up in Phoenix, you are correct! That doesn't stop us from hiking, it only changes the time of day we go (or how far...