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. Continue reading “Culp’s Valley”
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 was more like huge boulder hopping. There was a very Continue 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 Highway 371 above the Paradise Café.Continue reading “Pine Mountain & Lion Peak”
SDMRT recert and Mammoth
Friday morning I woke up ready for a day off from work and a long drive. The mountain rescue team was heading up to Lone Pine to do our annual reaccreditation and this years test was on technical rock. Continue reading “SDMRT recert and Mammoth”
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.Continue reading “Sycamore Canyon, Southern AZ”
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 on the way up we did not take the new trail and instead took the Continue reading “Ken Point, Butterfly, Rock Point Hike”
San Vicente Reservoir Kayaking
We are not having a proper winter here in Southern California again. It’s too warm and we are experiencing another drought year. So when we were looking for a local hike and saw the forecast temperatures we decided for a summer time activity instead. Both of us had not been to San Vicente reservoir before. We enjoyed a nice 3.5 hours and covered about 10 miles on. There was not much boat traffic on that Saturday, but apparently that place can get very busy in summer.
Launching like the big boats
Approx. route taken (clockwise)
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 out where I thought several other sites could be found, about 5-8 miles south of La Rumorosa, but they are much more remote. We would need an entire day to find/explore those.Continue 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.Continue reading “San Onofre Mtn, Jan. 2018”