I’m currently recovering from having way to much fun in nature. It’s been a week of snow shoes hikes and running up mountain trails in snow. My cat trax are always strapped to my Asic running shoes these days to help me not slip and slide on the icy trails. Believe me, my muscles hurt …
The last few mornings have been so epically beautiful up here in my mountain forest. There is a storm moving in from the west and the clouds a thousand feet below me have been so gorgeous every morning as I’ve run down the mountain trails and into the rolling fog. I …
Yesterday I sat on a beach in the sunshine and did nothing. Absolutely nothing. It was fantastic. That has to be one of life’s greatest pleasures, just feeling the sand between your toes and listening to the waves and feeling the sun shine on your skin. The beach is two hours from my home, …
I had been training to hike Mt Whitney for months. Mainly I was just distance running with some longer hikes thrown in. I felt like I was in okay condition to hike the twenty two miles of Mt Whitney, but I definitely could have trained harder if I had more time. For weeks every one told …
Big Bear City might be the meth capital of Big Bear. There are quite a few sad and desperate mountain towns in this area but Big Bear City has got to be one of the most pathetic of them all. Cars sit on blocks in front yards. Trash lines the streets. The houses …