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…
Next weekend I start the John Muir Trail. As part of my preparation for the hike I wanted to spend the previous weekend at altitude, but not overdo myself as…
Dave and I regularly head for the desert over Thanksgiving week. Aside from the crowds, it is a great time to visit due to the mild weather. This year’s trip was a mishmash of a lot of places: Rainbow Basin, Mojave National Preserve, Las Vegas, Red Rock Canyon, Valley of Fire, and Death Valley. Rather than throw everything into one photo album, I tried to break it down by area or hike. Trip report and photos after the jump.
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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.
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…
We began the day with an in-and-out hike along the Boy Scout Trail, starting at the trailhead that is along the road to Indian Cove. The trail crosses the flat…
Almost every year, Dave and I head down to the desert for Thanksgiving. This year we spent four days in Death Valley. Although we’ve been to the park many times before, this time we tried to see things we hadn’t seen before.
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