Hiking
Idyllwild Weekend
It’s easy to question your choices when you’re shivering and slowly removing soaked articles of clothing while sitting alone in your car.
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It’s been a while since I’ve had a couple of days to try and wear myself out. A few weeks ago, I gave my wife the weekend off. She stayed at a friend’s house for the weekend while they were off travelling. This weekend, it was my turn to spend a weekend however I wanted. I made it […]
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Hiking the Colorado Trail
I was missing the trail. It had only been a couple years since our Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) hike, but I feared that the days of big adventures were forever behind me…
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In Need of a Hike
Generally when it’s a bit drizzly in San Diego, I want to hang out at home. Those rainy days are a rare treat
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Three Days in November
Three-and-a-half days of sleeping in our car, hiking and exploring by day, and relaxing or working on personal projects at night…
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Marion Mountain Trail
Two weeks seems to be my limit. If my feet haven’t moved me through a landscape, or if I haven’t ridden a bike through the hills, I begin to…
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Dripping Springs Loop
There were definitely times where I muttered to myself that I would never do this trail again. It wasn’t the elevation gain, but the lower reaches were quite crowded, and the top portion was extremely brushy, for a couple miles. Not only were you plowing through brush, in some places your were hunched over, nearly […]
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Tenaja Canyon Trail
It can be hard to see in these times of stupidity, just how lucky we are. Trump just led the charge to reduce the size of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument — a place that has been protected for the past 21 years, the majority of my life. National parks and monuments, I had assumed were […]
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Slow Down
Since the returning from New Years, a nice, blissfully slow day of relaxation, I’ve been working like crazy. Not only have I had quite a bit of work, but I’ve also been working quickly on things. Last weekend, I worked straight through the weekend like they were just normal workdays and I’ve had several 10-12 […]
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The Best Sections of the Pacific Crest Trail
The best, most scenic long sections of the PCT.
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