Hiker's Blog – Page 7 – The part of life we really live is small.

Anza Borrego – March 2022

The Fish Creek/Vallecito Badlands area of Anza Borrego is supposed to be fossil rich, so we went for a hunt.

Ship Mountain, Granite Mountain, Providence Benchmark

John and I went out to climb some desert peaks in the Mojave.

Turtle Mountains HP, Whipple Mountains HP, Chemehuevi Peak

Looking for some desert solitude I headed to the southeastern part of the Mojave desert. I found what I was looking for and more: 3 nights, 3 days, 3 sunsets, 3 sunrises, 3 bushwhacking peak ascents, 0 people, 5 burros, 1 fox, 1 bighorn that didn’t make it, wind, cold, total silence at times, numerous attacks by cholla cacti (didn’t need that).

2 Days in Joshua Tree Feb 2022

Desert hiking was on the agenda for 2 days in Joshua Tree National Park.

Granite Mountain Feb 2022

John is working off his San Diego 100 Peaks and had 62 down and wanted to bag Granite Mountain to make it 63. That is my favorite mountain in San Diego County, so Uwe and I joined him on this hike.

Year End Holiday trip – SoCal to New Mexico

For our holiday trip to Albuquerque, NM, we decided to drive from the southwestern corner of California to Albuquerque without using any freeways. According to Google Maps that added about 100 miles and 3.5 hours driving time.

Bavaria (Part 2), Oct. 2021

This is a continuation report of some hikes in Bavaria. Here is part 1.

Bavaria (Part 1), Oct. 2021

These are some hikes in the first mountains I ever saw and hiked over 50 years ago. Some of the hikes my cousin and I had done with our families way back then, some I had never done before. It was great to show this area to Srisuda and also my nephew.

New England Leaf Peeper Trip October 2021

Seeing the fall foliage in New England is one of the most spectacular and iconic trips you can take. Dorie and I took off to do some leaf Peeping in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine and were lucky enough to hit the peak color.

McGee Pass, September 2021

Large fires and extreme fire danger again canceled a lot of September hiking in the Sierra. We were lucky to get a brief window with good conditions. On the drive up Owens Valley I had my doubts that the hike would happen. The valley was smoke-filled and we did not see any of the Sierra or White Mountain peaks.