

Hey Outdoor Bloggers: Can't we all just get along?
This picture is beautiful. But lets talk about something that isn't. But before we do, ok, ok, many of you are probably like, 'stick to...


What Father's Day means to me...
I became a father for the first time seventeen years ago a couple weeks ago. Over the years I've evolved as a dad, always trying to do...


Friday Feature: Lucy Morals
This is the first installment of what will be an ongoing series coming out every (mostly) Friday called Friday Features. I'm going to be...


Beatin' the Phoenix Heat: The Kachina Trail #150 (Flagstaff)
Where is it: Just north and west of downtown Flagstaff. In the Kachina Peaks Wilderness. Near AZ Snowbowl. Nirvana. How do you get...


Beatin' the Phoenix Heat: Horton Creek Trail (Payson)
Photo courtesy of David Creech/WildernessDave.com Where is it: Just south of the Mogollon Rim NW of Payson near Kohl's Ranch, AZ. How do...


Beatin' the Phoenix Heat: Woodchute Mountain (Prescott NF)
Where is it: In the Prescott National Forest and in the Black Hills Mountains just southwest of Jerome, AZ. How do you get there: From...

Summer Series: Best Hikes in Phoenix you've never heard of... Mount Ord from Slate Creek
Where is it: In the Tonto National Forest and in the greater Mazatzal Mountains. How do you get there: About 38.3 miles past the...


Summer Series: Best Hikes in Phoenix you've never heard of... Peak 3465 (Hieroglyphic Mountains)
Where is it: In the Hieroglyphic Mountains just northwest of Lake Pleasant near Phoenix, AZ How do you get there: Travel about 5 miles...


Getting Started...
With age often comes maturity. Notice I said, often. I am just shy of forty years old. One thing that I have learned is that I don't...