For three weeks starting in the end of March I traveled to Belgium, Germany, and then Romania first for a job interview and then for vacation & adventure.
Category Archives: Hiking
Culp’s Valley
Dorie and I, and Srisuda and Uwe took a little camping trip to Culp Valley. The weather was perfect and the full moon spectacular. This trip was spurred on by a guided hike offered by the Anza Borrego Foundation.
In search of Jack’s Cabin
Dorie and I took off Saturday in search for gold and Jack’s Cabin. We left from the desert divide trailhead off Table Mountain Road and headed to Gold Hill. At the base of Gold Hill were the ruins of an old miner’s rock house for the Katy Did Mine. The climb up Gold Hill wasContinue reading “In search of Jack’s Cabin”
Pine Mountain & Lion Peak
The 5 hikers +1 started out yesterday for Pine Mountain and Lion Peak on the Desert Divide. We expected the start to be on the cold side – high 30’s, but it turned out to be in the low 30’s. The surprise to us came when we first started to see the Divide from HighwayContinue reading “Pine Mountain & Lion Peak”
San Bernardino Winter Hike
There hasn’t been much snow in this severe drought year, so when there was some fresh powder reported we wasted no time and headed out to the San Bernardino mountains. [Photo Gallery at the bottom]
Sycamore Canyon, Southern AZ
We hiked down Sycamore Canyon way down in southern Arizona for a few miles until we could go no further without climbing or getting wet. We need to go back there prepared for the getting wet part.
Ken Point, Butterfly, Rock Point Hike
Saturday, Uwe and I met up and drove to the Desert Divide area. The plan was to hike Ken Point, Butterfly Peak, and Rock Point. The weather started out perfectly. The trails were well maintained and there has been a new trail portion which now avoids bushwhacking about the mines in the area. Unfortunately onContinue reading “Ken Point, Butterfly, Rock Point Hike”
El Vallecito
On Sunday Dorie and I took off to meet up with Bob Steichen in Tecate to explore some Indian caves around La Rumorosa, Baja, MX. One site El Vallecito is preserved as an archaeological site so it was easy to find and walk around. I had researched some archaeological documents and old maps, plotting outContinue reading “El Vallecito”
San Onofre Mtn, Jan. 2018
It’s become a tradition that we start the hiking year with a nice 11.5 mile, 2500ft elevation gain hike in the coastal hills to climb San Onofre Mountain.
Mt. Shasta, August 2017
This is a story of minor equipment malfunctions. I arrived in Mt Shasta around noon, got my permit and a few last-minute provisions. A 16-mile forest road got me to the trailhead around 3p. Since I was hiking alone I decided to take the Clear Creek trail. Avalanche Gulch is the most popular and stillContinue reading “Mt. Shasta, August 2017”