We were a little leary because the Bell Trail to Wet Beaver Creek is listed as one of the most popular hikes in the area and I dislike lots of people around when I hike. But, we figured it was worth a try and got an early start on a weekday. Turns out there was …
Established December 8, 1906, Montezuma Castle is the third National Monument dedicated to preserving Native American culture. We visited on a weekday and it’s a quick trip through the park to view the ruins. Neither part of this monument’s name is correct. When European-Americans first saw the ruins in the 1860s, by then long-abandoned, they …
Bear Canyon Lake hike was our last activity in the Mogollon Rim area. It’s fairly remote in that you have to drive in on some gravel roads, park, and hike down to it. There was nobody there on the weekday we hiked it! At an elevation of 7,560, Bear Canyon Lake consists of 60 surface …
Woods Canyon Lake Hike is a few miles from where we are boondocking for a couple weeks up on the Mogollon Rim in Arizona. We like lakes and figured we’d hike around this one. The lake itself is fairly small at only 55 acres but the arms reach in and out of the canyon making …
Our spot for the next couple weeks is up on the Mogollon Rim in Arizona, east of Payson. We rode here our first year full timing but that was five years ago! The Rim is amazing with pine, fire, oak, and maple forests, dramatic cliffside views, lakes, hikes, gravel roads and dark skies. This is …
After a full two weeks in Pinetop, AZ it was time to move on. But first, I did an abbreviated Blue Ridge hike and we walked the Meadow Trail to see all the scarecrows. The whole Blue Ridge Loop was farther than I wanted to hike so I shortcut it. The trail is in an …
A lot of the hiking in the Greer area all looks the same unless you head up Mt Baldy. This isn’t a bad thing since rivers and forests are pretty interesting to hike in. Our last hike was out and back on the Government Springs Trail. I still don’t know why it’s called that. The …
Since Derek’s bike was incapacitated we hiked a different section of the Black River. This time we started out by Big Lake and hiked down to the West Fork and back up. The day started a little chilly but the sun came out and it was beautiful. This is an easy hike, though it’s at …
Fall is a great time in the White Mountains of Arizona! The Alltrails app helped us narrow down our hiking choices and we decided on this Thompson Trail Hike. The drive from our boondocking spot took us out the road past the turnoff for Sunrise Ski Resort through Apache Reservation country and back into forest. …
The Arizona Trail in the Mormon Lake area is a mixed bag. North from the Horse Lake Trailhead the trail was an annoyingly rocky double track. I don’t mean rock garden technical riding, just a solid trail of rocks. Derek rode it and I hiked part of it and neither was great. In fact, Derek …