In an attempt to escape the record heat of the Bay Area, we drove up to Desolation Wilderness for an easy but incredibly scenic overnight backpack. It was still hot…
David and I met up with Steve and Tom from the Northern California hikers and did a nice overnight hike into Emigrant Wilderness. We started from the Gianelli Cabin trailhead…
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 well as some old favorites in Lava Beds. We finished the long weekend off with a hike up Loomis Peak (thanks for the info, mtnsteve!) and some geocaching in the national forest west of Lassen National Park.
Photos are trip reports are here! Click on the day in the list below for the trip report and a link for the photos from that day. Day 1: Joshua…
Our final destination of the week was Santa Cruz Island, of the Channel Islands National Park, with the Northern California Hikers. We met Paige, Karen, Candace, and Lisa at the…
Today we left our cheap and never-boring accomodations at the Twentynine Palms Motel 6 and headed down to Palm Springs to catch the Tram. The tram, which left at 10…
Since we enjoyed our hike to and exploration of Carey's Castle, a docent/ranger at the west side visitor center recommended another hike to us, Eagle Cliff Mine. This one has…
A few years ago we visited JTree and did a hike down the Desert Queen wash to explore some old mining ruins (and be rattled at by a mean snake…
Given that it was the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, we decided to pick a hike that would take us away from the regular crowds that tend to rush the…