Matt and Bianca were visiting and wanted a good, hard desert hike around Joshua Tree NP. Matt had done some research and suggested Spectre and Agua as an option. I knew it was exactly what he was looking for.
Category Archives: Hiking
Eclipse Trip, April 2024
We’d never experienced a total solar eclipse. There are not many left in our lifetime that are this easy to get to. So we took the long drive.
5 Carolina Peaks April 2024
Well they’re totally different than the Sierra. Trees. Lots of trees.
Wild River Wilderness Backpacking
Bianca and I visited my parents in VT this summer and while there we were lucky enough to fit in a two night backpack into the White Mountains.
Cerro La Cruz (El Arco) October 2023
Cerro La Cruz (El Arco) is the imposing lump of a mountain at the tip of Los Cabos and needed climbing.
Puff and Moan Benchmarks, October 2023
Frank and I successfully ascended Puff and Moan, however, not without some adventure and frustration…
Piute Pass, September 2023
Klaus made his inaugural trip from Georgia back to California for his Sierra hike. Uwe put together a flexible itinerary to cover several routes over Piute Pass north of Bishop.
South Lake to Sawmill, August 2023
I was already concerned that I would not get a Sierra backpacking trip this year due to all the snow that stayed around all summer and then the damage to the access roads by Hurricane Hilary. That’s when I received a message from Brian suggesting this trip.
Olympic National Park
Dorie and I have not been to the Pacific Northwest in a while, and our friends, Hal and Linda, have never been. A trip to Olympic National Park seemed appropriate.
Wyoming, Idaho, June/July 2023 – Part 3
We met up with family in Wyoming. This is part 3 of 3 with some impressions from this 3-week (20 straight nights of camping) trip. (Part 1, Part 2)