troy @thesouthernpath.com · 29/09/2026Every time I see this cover the song Garbage Man gets stuck in my head 021
troy @thesouthernpath.com · 27/09/2026I learned that sotol is in the asparagus family. I always thought it was a type of yucca (sort of is) but apparently it’s closely related to agave, which is also in the asparagus family. Shoulda known the flower shoot of an agave plant looks like a giant asparagus. It’s all asparagus! 040
troy @thesouthernpath.com · 21/09/2026Monsoon storm north of Tucson August 23 2026. The storm is far enough away that there’s not a lot of thunder to accompany the lightning. I haven’t altered the speed at all and this went on for more than an hour. 060
troy @thesouthernpath.com · 14/09/2026White-tailed deer in the shade of a chain-fruit cholla cactus. Tucson, AZ 0140
troy @thesouthernpath.com · 13/09/2026Acorn woodpecker. Santa Rita Mountains South of Tucson. 🪶 217016
troy @thesouthernpath.com · 07/09/2026Swallowtail butterfly on a Mexican Bird-of-paradise in Tucson AZ 0163
troy @thesouthernpath.com · 05/09/2026Hiking in Pusch Ridge Wilderness / Catalina State Park in Tucson, AZ 081
troy @thesouthernpath.com · 01/09/2026Rock wren or canyon wren, not sure which. It’s on a rock in a canyon though. 🪶 0110
troy @thesouthernpath.com · 31/08/2026Kudelski Nagra III reel-to-reel tape recorder. Built in 1968 and still records and plays beautifully. 0183
troy @thesouthernpath.com · 31/08/2026Yeah, the simplest explanation would be an iron oxide desert varnish. There is a lot of naturally-occurring iron in granite and a lot of iron-rich red soil nearby. I think the habitation site was located by this area for collecting pigment. There are a lot of grinding stones around. 010
troy @thesouthernpath.com · 31/08/2026Odd deposits / coating on a granite boulder near an old habitation site. No idea what this is and I didn’t mess with it too much. Some of it has flaked off into a small pile at the bottom. It doesn’t look like it was created by a natural process. Not lichen. 130
troy @thesouthernpath.com · 30/08/2026Table Mountain from Dead Horse Canyon in Catalina State Park, Tucson AZ 1563
troy @thesouthernpath.com · 28/08/2026This is a western diamondback rattlesnake. I spotted this one this morning when I looked down and it was right next to my foot. It chose to stay still and let me pass but it did glare at me a bit, I think. 271
troy @thesouthernpath.com · 27/08/2026Be careful out there! I know my limits and I’m not too proud to sit in the shade of a rock or in the bottom of an arroyo for 20 minutes if I need to. I also bring my own shade - big hat and long sleeves. And I bring 3 liters of water on every hike. Even if I dont need it, i may pass someone who does 010
troy @thesouthernpath.com · 26/08/2026It was too hot to go hiking this morning but I went anyway. Not irresponsibly hot, but hot nonetheless. 1334
troy @thesouthernpath.com · 24/08/2026The best thing about buying vintage reel to reel tape from eBay is finding out what’s on the tapes. This seems to be German polka. Date on the case is 1976. Seller was in Hof, Germany. So vintage Cold War era bootleg German polka. I recorded and digitized it into Logic. 0110
