Calipidder

This video has been making its way through the Twitterverse and Blogosphere lately, and it’s just too good to not share. It is a black and white tourism video for Yosemite from the early 1940s. Make sure to watch the ancestors of today’s valley bears getting fed by the tourists. The winter sleigh ride through [...]

It’s here! It’s here! Sonora Pass is now officially open, and the Half Dome cables opened for the season today. Rumor is that Tioga Pass will be open by the upcoming holiday weekend. 
Me, I’m sticking to the lowlands around Cache Creek this weekend, hoping to catch some wildflower stragglers. I’ll be off to the mountains [...]

For all of you Sierra addicts like me, let it be known that there is a new edition of Secor’s Peaks, Passes, and Trails that has just hit shelves. 
It has been ten years since the last edition. This 3rd edition has apparently had a complete overhaul and reorganization. New routes, GPS information, and historical information [...]

Instead of flying to Michigan this year to see our families, David and I stuck around California for the holidays. We both missed our families, but it was such a relief to not pay ridiculous amounts of money to be incredibly inconvenienced and probably stranded in Chicago or Denver or some place that was neither [...]

I’m having a hard time processing the results of this election. On the one hand: I love how excited and passionate our country feels right now, and I’m really happy to be a part of this historic event. It feels kind of like the Ewok party after the Death Star blew up. On the other [...]