The Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival is a major event for Bay Area residents in the fall. Pumpkin patches, corn mazes, and pony rides attract many families and traffic can back…
If there is one way to get me to visit touristy spots in the Bay Area, it's to get family to visit. I didn't visit Alcatraz, ride the Cable Cars,…
Fall is my favorite season. This might seem odd since my adventures tend to slow down at this time of year, but I find it to be a peaceful transitional season of…
Last weekend we popped over to the Eastern Sierra to check out how the fall color is coming along. This doesn't seem to be a terrific year. Many trees are already…
The hard days were over and we took our time packing up in the morning. As soon as the sun rose enough to hit out campsite, however, we started moving…
On one of my earliest backpacking trips I had a view of the Sphinx rock formation. When I got home, I eagerly Googled it and discovered trip reports about the off-trail…
On day 6 we continued our cross-country travel over Cinder Col, through Brewer Basin, and over Sphinx Pass. It was probably both the most challenging and most enjoyable day of the trip. It…
After our long day on Mt Brewer we decided to take a partial rest day on Day 4. Well, we didn't decide that right away. We followed the fading use trail…
Our Circle of Solitude Variation was essentially a big loop around Mt Brewer, so I knew I had to include a climb of that peak somewhere along our route. There are…