I just got back from an extended weekend in Carrizo Plain to check out the wildflowers. The flowers aren't quite up to the standards of the 'superbloom' you might keep…
Carrizo Plain is a wilderness area in the middle of nowhere between Kern county oilfields and Paso Robles. At first glance one wonders why this is a special place, but it…
If you've ever driven along highway 5 between the Bay Area and Southern California, you know there isn't much in the way of landmarks. It's a long and boring drive…
In what is becoming an annual tradition, a couple of weekends ago we headed to BLM's Cache Creek Wilderness area for a spring backpack. Cache Creek offers beautiful wildflowers and…
Over Easter weekend we headed down to Carrizo Plain for the fantastic wildflower bloom. Rather than clutter things up with text, I'll let the pictures do the talking. Make sure…
What does a backpacker in backpacking withdrawal do on the hottest yet weekend of the year? She, along with 9 friends, goes backpacking in the hot, hot Cache Creek Wilderness,…
Mother Nature has had some kind of grudge against me lately. It seems that every time I plan on getting out to the snow or backpacking conditions are anything but…
Thanks to some prodding from Theresa, this weekend we decided to check out an area that's been on my to-do list for a while: Cache Creek Natural Area. Cache Creek…
Last weekend I flew to Ann Arbor for Maggie's graduation from the University of Michigan, and David headed down to Carrizo Plain National Monument (BLM) to get some wildflower photos.…