You make the plan. The plan doesn’t care. Cowboy camped off trail on the run to Tonto Basin, a hike I’d already lived once in my head. Moonlit miles. A mountain view of the town lights below. Chorizo and egg burritos in the morning. Only, the moon never showed. Clouds hid it. Google said the […]
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Hitchhiking to Globe, Arizona
Craving a change of pace and a refreshing half gallon of milk, I knew it was time to switch gears. My body was pleading for respite from the relentless miles, a sign that hitchhiking was the only way to catch my train out of Tucson. But first I had to get out of the mountains […]
Tonto Basin, Arizona
A quick story of gluttony. I knew there was a town over the mountain that had pizza, so I ran there as fast as I could. Only I couldn’t resist the siren call of tacos at the town’s edge, plus three big gulp Cokes to get me down the road and out of the heat […]