Adventure
Success on Horsethief Road
After quite a few failed attempts, we finally found a great road to ride our bikes out towing our 15 month-old in his own private chariot. It’s got a great surface — not too bumpy for the little guy, has no traffic, thanks to the gate at the top, and while there are some good […]
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My Favorite Images From Our Pacific Crest Trail Adventure
Cheryl Strayed’s “Wild” came out a couple days ago — her story about hiking 1,100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). While a movie being made about the trail honestly kind of annoys me, and a lot of other PCT hikers for various reasons, it did get me thinking a little bit about my […]
Read MoreAnother Unsuccessful Bike Ride
We moved last weekend. It was pretty unexpected, and a super-quick move, and we’re still working on unpacking boxes and organizing our stuff. We had the long Thanksgiving weekend that I actually had bigger plans for before we were informed that we needed to move — maybe a trip up to the Sierras or out […]
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Maggie Lakes Backpack in November
Zoie, our orange and somewhat spunky cat looked at me with disdain as I slowly rolled over from a deep sleep to turn off my alarm clock. “What are you doing?” she asked. “It’s 3:00 in the morning on a Sunday — you’re planning to drive for six hours, strap on a backpack, and then […]
Read MoreMt. Laguna Bike Ride
We got off to a bit of a slow start today, so we only did a six mile bike ride, but it was nearly perfect for those six miles! It was a lightly travelled back-road on Mt. Laguna with a good surface, and it had some good climbing involved — not so much that I couldn’t […]
Read MoreWill Ride for Pie
Enough with the concrete already. We need dirt, and trees, and hills to ride up and down. And pie. Yes, dirt, trees, hills, and pie! Brilliant! Well, almost. Our bike rides have mostly been on city multiuse paths. Nice, paved, level paths for easy bike riding. The goal however has been to get our bikes […]
Read MoreAnother Bay Bike Loop
We did another bike ride today — this time for 17 miles. We circled down the east side of Mission Bay, then connected to Friars road, which we actually rode out for a little ways, almost all the way to the mall. We were hoping to find some path along the San Diego River, but […]
Read MoreMission Bay Loop
Today we took another bike ride to help get the little man get used to the bike trailer. We took a pretty decent ride a couple weeks ago, which went really quite well. This was in sharp contrast to the first time we took him out, where it was clear to anyone within a half […]
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A Solo Backpack
Jeannie spent the past few days showing off little Mason to our friends and family in Portland, which gave me the opportunity to get out on another adventure. For this trip, I headed up to the Glacier Peak Wilderness where I created a loop trip connecting Lost Creek Ridge over to Lake Byrne, south along […]
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Finally. Back to Backpacking
Two years. Almost exactly. It has been a long time since I’ve been backpacking. Having a child will do things like that. We’ve been able to do some short hikes, but any hikes of the multi-day variety have been non-existant, until this past weekend where we were able to do a spectacular loop hike in […]
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