Easter Weekend in Lava Beds National Monument

We headed up to Lava Beds for the cold easter weekend with Paige and Dave and their kids. It was a fun and simple trip – car camping in the cold (17 degrees on Friday night) which kept the park quiet and uncrowded. We pretty much had the caves and the park to ourselves. Time [...]

Geocaching CITO (Cache-In-Trash-Out) at Pinnacles National Monument

Dave and I spent the weekend at Pinnacles National Monument. The park recently acquired a large parcel of new land and this land includes the old campground that used to be just outside the East entrance. The land needs a lot work since it has missed out on the preservation done within the park, and [...]

Lava Beds National Monument and Loomis Peak

Since both of our employers were kind enough to give us July 3rd off in addition to Independence Day, David and I headed up to Northern California for a four-day weekend of caving and hiking. The crowds were sparse thanks to the mid-week holiday, and we were able to enjoy exploring some new caves as [...]

Pinnacles, Not Lassen

David and I were really looking forward to spending this weekend snowcamping up at Lassen National Park. But the forecast wasn’t cooporating, and we’ve had enough of driving through bad weather this winter. It isn’t so much the camping out in the snow that is annoying (actually, that’s the fun part), it’s the driving through [...]

Memorial Day Weekend in Lava Beds National Monument

We spent the weekend car camping, caving, and hiking in Lava Beds NM. I love this park because of its unique geology and history. Pictures are here: Lava Beds NM

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