Destination: Somewhere along Horsetail Falls Mileage: Chose your own adventure Trailhead: Pyramid Creek, off Hwy 50 near Twin Bridges, recreation fee $5 Elevation: 6,120 up to 7,520 feet Driving west on Highway […]
Rain pelted the thin piece of nylon mere inches above our heads. I could hear the wind building, coming like a run-away train down the mountains and through the trees. […]
Destination: Explore Convict Creek Canyon – including Mildred Lake and Lake Genevieve Mileage: 15.26 miles round trip – varies based on wanderings Trailhead: Convict Lake Trailhead, off Hwy 395 Elevation: 7,594 […]
Destination: Granite Bay Trail System Mileage: 5ish miles Trailhead: Folsom Lake SRA – Granite Bay Staging Area ($12 day pass) Elevation: 436 to 607 feet “There’s a rattlesnake on the […]
Even though she’s only 6.5 inches from hoof to ear, at 9,890 feet elevation, she stands tall over the granite landscape sprinkled with alpine lakes to the west and the vast […]
I feel like every day should be National Camping With Dogs Day, but if a day must be marked on the calendar it was September 5 this year. I was […]
I’m making a list and checking it twice, or else I’m going to find out what I forgot in camp…perhaps my hiking pants, enough toilet paper, my pillow for car […]
Destination: Mount Tallac Mileage: 9ish miles round trip Trailhead: End of Mount Tallac Rd, off Hwy 89 Elevation: 6,440 up to 9,890 feet Mount Tallac is truly a choose your own […]
This was on my to-do list all summer, but I was too busy traveling around the adventure map to make it! Well, I buckled down this week and marked every […]
Big rocks, big tires, friendly camaraderie, tall pine trees, and granite mountains. I spent last weekend at Sierra Trek, a Cal4Wheel event. This had me reminiscing about where my connection to nature […]
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