Trip Reports Obsidian Collecting at Glass Butte Glass Butte is a rockhounding site managed by BLM that sits about halfway between Bend and Burns on Highway 20. Several varieties of obsidian can Read More » June 3, 2020
Resource Tumalo Canal and Scout Cove: Two Central Oregon Hikes for When You’re Waiting for Snow Last year at this time I had already practically worn out my skis, but La Nina has yet to show her face this winter in Read More » December 23, 2017
Resource Mount Whitney Training Hikes: Bay Area Edition Modern Hiker recently published a great post about training and preparing to climb Mt. Whitney. Casey wrote about some training hikes in Southern California, and Read More » April 28, 2012
Trip Reports Mineral King Loop: Timber Gap, Five Lakes Basin, Sawtooth Pass The Sierra summer backpacking season is coming to a close which means I am home again and can focus on the thousands of photos taken, Read More » September 9, 2010
Mastodon Peak and other goodies We left Palm Springs on Christmas morning, ready to head back out to the desert for some hiking. Unfortunately, the weather was not cooporating and Read More » January 8, 2009
Queen Mountain, Joshua Tree National Park On December 26 we awoke to the coldest morning of our trip. It was in the mid 20s and the wind, though it had died Read More » January 7, 2009
Dale Mining District 4×4 Geocaching Run As part of our trip to the desert we decided to join the Southern California 4×4 Geocachers on a run. The target was the Dale Read More » January 3, 2009
Best Gear of 2008 (in my pack) In the spirit of outdoor blogging, I thought I’d make my own ‘best of 2008’ list. The gear in this list isn’t necessarily the newest Read More » December 12, 2008