My next big scheme has percolated into my brain. I've been looking at Joshua Tree National Park closely. There is a trail from the entrance at Black Rock Campground to the Northern Entrance Station known as the California Riding and... Continue Reading →
Another nice day has popped up. The high is expected to be in the upper 80s, within my comfort zone for a hike. So I take my trusty Suzuki and even more trusty dog Avery, head out to Fillmore, turn... Continue Reading →
Slightly NSFW... I have been blogging since long before WordPress even existed. This is an old post, from the early 2000s when I had a web page and a domain. (The hike was from the late 90s.) I was trying... Continue Reading →
There has been a dearth of anime in my life as of late. Nothing in the new season has excited me enough to write home about. The latest season of MHA is interesting but so many other people are writing... Continue Reading →
#EpicTrailFail If you spend time in the outdoors, eventually something will go wrong. It’s a law of nature. But if you survive, those epic failures become the best stories! We’ve all read about amazing accomplishments in the wild, but now... Continue Reading →
Continuing in my dearth of new blogs, I thought I'd reblog this, revised and with a few different photos - including one I just took on my visit to my families back east. It is one of my earliest posts,... Continue Reading →
Preview in new tab I was out here last time August of 2018, almost a year ago. Since then, we had a normal winter. What an incredible change has set in! We had an unusually cool stretch in mid-July so... Continue Reading →
Here is what I did instead. I've been fairly sedentary for the last three months. We've finally had a rainy winter. I've been working part-time and somehow the cold and rain always managed to come when I'm off work. The... Continue Reading →
Alone. Updating and reposting this. A lot of my new subscribers (2018 and 2019) have never seen it. I figure this way I'll have more time for new hikes and watching anime! I go to the wild to recover my... Continue Reading →