Category: Arizona
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The Lure of the Trail
Modern man, a busy little hustler, doesn't know how to live. Substack latest.
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Fremont Saddle, Western Superstitions. Weaver’s Needle
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To Those Fleeing California
DO NOT come to Arizona! It's just too damned hot here for you snowflakes. And on top of that everybody is packing heat. That's why you don't hear any honking on the highways and byways. "An armed society is a polite society." We are racist to the core in this rattlesnake-infested inferno which is also…
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Arizona Governor Issues Stay-at-Home Order
Here: Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday issued a statewide "stay-at-home" order to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, preventing Arizonans from leaving their residences except for food, medicine and other "essential activities." The directive, which also allows for outdoor exercise, will take effect upon close of business Tuesday [3/31] and apply through at least April…
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Richard Peck, Seeker of Lost Gold
(A re-post, with corrections and additions, from 13 January 2010) Living as I do in the foothills of the Superstition Mountains, I am familiar with the legends and lore of the Lost Dutchman Gold Mine. Out on the trails or around town I sometimes run into those characters called Dutchman Hunters. One I came close to…
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I Introduce Two New Friends to the Superstition Mountains
One of the great boons of blogging is that the blogger attracts the like-minded. Below are two medical doctors I had the great pleasure of spending the day with in a satisfying break from my Bradleyan reclusivity. Dave K. found me via this weblog and initiated correspondence, so I knew he would be simpatico. I…
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Halcyon October in the Western Superstitions
Photo credit: Barbara Caffaratti
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Train Bound for Nowhere
Theme music: Kenny Rogers, The Gambler
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The Open Road from the Cockpit of a Jeep Wrangler
Theme music: Eagles, Take it Easy
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Parker Pass, Western Superstitions, March 2019
Dennis M. holds forth.
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Peripatetic Philosophy in the Western Superstitions
Dale Tuggy and I explored some new trails in a four and one half hour ramble out of the Cloudview Trailhead, 30 March 2019. Weather exquisite, companionship excellent, conversation both deep and wide-ranging. Physical condition at the end: righteously tuckered and ready for re-hydration. In a word, beer. 2
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Snow on Superstition Mountain
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On the Dutchman’s Trail to Parker Pass
My e-mail to Jeff and Dennis: Weather forecast looks favorable. The Sage of the Superstitions will take you boys on a pussy cat hike and introduce you to Parker Pass. I don't believe you two have been out this way. Out and back, 4. 6 miles. Little elevation change, but a number of creek crossings.…
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From Peralta to First Water: A Tribute to Lloyd Glaus
This morning I received the news that my neighbor and fellow hiker Lloyd Glaus had died. What follows is a redacted entry from an earlier pre-Typepad version of this weblog in which I reported on a memorable trans-Superstition hike we took together over ten years ago, on 29 October 2007, when Lloyd was 75 years…
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The Rugged Routes of the Superstition Mountains
These are trails that try men's soles. …………………. Most of my erudite and esteemed readers will catch the allusion, but in case you don't.