Big Bear Lake—now with more potholes, dog poop, and bald eagle paparazzi: A guide to Big Bear Lake tourism for those who want to get away from the other tourists. Welcome to Big Bear Lake, California — where nature meets neglect, and adventure is just a broken sled away. Wintertime? Magical. Fresh snowfall. Jeffrey pines …
I spent my birthday eve morning trekking up the Mt Whitney Trail foraging for wild berries for breakfast. The pup and I snacked on wild elderberries, chock full of vitamin C. I noshed on some Mountain Gooseberries and shoved some ripe currants at my face as I dreamt about the best scones I’ve ever had …
I can’t believe I’m typing this because camping, come on, bro, you don’t need a master’s degree to set up a tent! But it seems like most campers I meet are very unintelligent. That’s just my professional opinion, one week into a four-week-long camping trip. The big thing that stands out in my mind about …
There is no better breakfast snack while out for a fifteen-mile morning hike than Keto Sriracha Jerky. You may not be able to enjoy bacon and eggs on the trail at over nine thousand feet. However, you can have a tasty and spicy bacon snack from a ziplock bag. Does cold bacon at nine a.m. …
Late August 2024. We were two weeks into our four-month-long summer vacation. So far, I had climbed Mt Whitney in a single day. I had also hiked over two hundred miles in thirty days. If anyone deserves an afternoon at a Carson Valley day spa, it was this sweaty hiker! Late summer of 2024 gave …