Plane Crashes, Mine Ruins, and Dark Scary tunnels - oh my!

Back in August I had a really fun long weekend playing in the Eastern Sierra with the GBA (Geocachers of the Bay Area) 4×4 group. There is a lot more to do over there than we could fit into the three days we had at the time, so last week we drove out for a [...]

Finally! It’s been way too long since I’ve been able to get out on a simple local dayhike, but today was the day. After last week’s nasty storms it felt great to get out under the clear blue sky and bright sun. Today’s destination was Almaden Quicksilver County Park, a unique park with as much [...]

Thanksgiving 2007: Death Valley Peaks, Petroglyphs, and Pictographs

After a couple days of fun in Las Vegas we hit the road to join a group of friends in Death Valley for Thanksgiving. Our meeting place was the old trailer park on BLM land just outside of the park. This is an interesting place – once a trailer park for local miners, it is [...]

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