On July 3 I flew from Vermont to Cluj-Napoca, Romania where Bianca is currently living. After spending a few days there with her, I met my college friend Jon in Budapest, Hungary, where we started three weeks of travel and exploration around both Hungary and Romania. We spent the first week in Hungary exploring BudapestContinue reading “Romania & Hungary Trip”
Category Archives: Hiking
San Bernardino East Peak – different than usual
It has been 3 weeks since our backpacking trip to the Desolation Wilderness and we were ready for another good hike. We eventually settled on San Bernardino East Peak since it would offer a new trail and a new peak to part of the group. We met at 6:30am to car pool for the ride.Continue reading “San Bernardino East Peak – different than usual”
3 Easy Days in Desolation Wilderness
After hiking for 7 days straight it was time for a little more relaxed approach. We spent a day with a friend’s kids exploring a little water fall, hanging out by a fishing pond and balancing on a fallen tree trunk. The next day we went to the ranger station and got a 3 dayContinue reading “3 Easy Days in Desolation Wilderness”
7 Day Wilderness Adventure
Our original adventure was to be the epic Tahoe-to-Yosemite hike, one attempted by less than 10 people per year. The Donnell Lake fire which started August 1, and continues to burn 36,350 acres, destroyed over 21 miles of our 180-mile hike. For plan B we reverted to a modified series of loops through the DesolationContinue reading “7 Day Wilderness Adventure”
Bertha training hike
To train for the upcoming Tahoe wilderness hike, Klaus came to the cabin to hike the San Bernardos. Dorie took us to the Cougar Crest trail head
Around Flagstaff, AZ
Continuing from the Grand Canyon North rim our two week South West trip with our visitors from Germany ended with a few days around Flagstaff:
North Kaibab Trail, Grand Canyon
After Bryce Canyon we went to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Since we traveled during prime season we did not expect to get a camping spot inside the National Park without reservation, so we grabbed a spot on the National Forest campground Demotte just outside the park. After picking a site we wentContinue reading “North Kaibab Trail, Grand Canyon”
Bryce Canyon
After Snow Canyon and Zion we went to Bryce canyon.
Snow Canyon Flash Flood and Zion
We had my nephew, his best friend and my niece visiting, so we decided to show them some places and activities around the Southwest we like.
Alaska Adventure
Our Alaska vacation started with a little jolt from some wind-shear upon landing in Anchorage. About 200 ft off the deck we had a great side look at the runway as the wing flipped what seemed like 45⁰.