by Robin Harris | Monday, July 4, 2016 | Hike blogging, Off-Topic |
July 4th is when the United States of America celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence. For most Americans Independence Day is the most important secular holiday of the year. Of course, July 4th wasn’t the actual date of the signing – July...
by Robin Harris | Sunday, June 12, 2016 | Hike blogging, Off-Topic |
Mountain biking is very popular in the surrounding national forest. Enthusiasts have built many challenging bike trails, which I like to hike – not bike. I’ve never broken a bone and don’t intend to start now. Hog Heaven is one of the toughest of the...
by Robin Harris | Tuesday, May 31, 2016 | Hike blogging, Off-Topic |
Yesterday I took a seven mile out-and-back hike along the Chuckwagon Trail. This is an area I want to explore more. It didn’t look like a good day for pictures, so I didn’t take the Canon EOS-M. But the smoke from a couple of burns on the Rim cleared and...
by Robin Harris | Tuesday, April 12, 2016 | Hike blogging, Off-Topic |
If you’ve been wondering why the dearth of hike blogging the last few months, wonder no more: I wasn’t hiking. A nasty bug made its way through Arizona and I caught it, thought I shook it, went to CES, and relapsed, big time. So I’ve been taking it...
by Robin Harris | Monday, January 18, 2016 | Hike blogging, Off-Topic |
Dial-a-climate People are often surprised to learn that it snows in Arizona. While much of state is low Sonoran desert – it rarely gets below freezing in Phoenix – altitude is the primary determinant of climate in Arizona. That’s why it can be...
by Robin Harris | Sunday, January 3, 2016 | Hike blogging, Off-Topic |
I was under the weather for much of November and taking it slow in December. But for the new year I took a couple of short hikes of 2-3 miles. On the 31st I parked on Chapel Road and walked the Chapel Trail. The spires in this picture are the Two Nuns. The Chapel in...
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