2025 has been a year. I really don’t know what I did in life to deserve the shitstorm that 2025 has thrown at me. As I limped my way into 2025, a hiking guide with two busted up ankles, I thought, This too shall pass. Well, it’s now nine long chronic pain-filled months later, and …
Month: October 2025
I’m all about healthy eating. That’s why I make my own salad dressings. I juice fresh fruits and veggies that I grow in my organic garden at home. And this late fall, I learned how to roast Brazil nuts. For our family, the healthier the lifestyle the better. But sometimes you have to draw the …
I’m the Hungry Mountaineer adventure guide and snack sherpa and I’m here to help you discover, well yes, all the fall colors that the Sierra has to offer but also where to snack. Walk with me through the hiking trails of Mono County and also discover where to eat in California’s Eastern Sierra. Take a …
Sometimes you just need to leave the motorhome drama behind and go for atrek that may or may not qualify as “a stroll through Mono County fall colors hikes” Because let’s be honest—vacation is supposed to be relaxing, but somehow the Mickey Mouse Club followed me three hundred miles north to the Eastern Sierra. By …
Oh, Big Bear Lake. The land of tall pines, crisp mountain air, and apparently… grown adults melting down because their iPhones have suddenly become overpriced calculators. Yep, the entire town lost cell service today. Not just a dead zone on the way to your Airbnb in Moonridge. Not just your cousin’s phone with “mysterious roaming …