I live and work and hike in a national forest. It’s a quiet place away from the crime and the urban jungle of the cities near Los Angeles below this alpine mountain town. It can feel worlds away from the stress and suburbia of the busy hell holes of the cities down below. We don’t …
As a always hungry foodie summertime can be a frustrating season. Man, I could go for a hot slice of cornbread with honey right now. But alas I won’t be baking cornbread until the fall when I get brave enough to turn my oven on again. The dog days of summer are not a great …
What a beautiful Big Bear day to go for a “Moderate” hike! And when you are training to summit the Big W (Mt Whitney) moderate might mean an eight-mile hike with close to 3,000 feet of altitude gain! On this Wednesday, it was time for yet another Mt Whitney training hike. Mt Whitney is the …
If you want to go to a place to resurrect your life and feel a-new again then the Eastern Sierra Mountains are that place. The jagged peaks and stunning wilderness Ansel Adams photographed and John Muir wrote essays about have a special place in my heart. I spend as much time as I can every …
It’s been a long time since I limped around like an old donkey yet here I am again. I’ve decided to find my inner trail runner. She’s in here somewhere, hidden away for years between so much work, a new hobby of sourdough bread baking and betting on the ponies. This old donkey really needed …