To this day I cannot eat a Cliff Bar. I blame THAT on the Sierras. Altitude sickness is no fun. Neither is explosive diarrhea 15 miles from the nearest bathroom. Oh believe me, I lived through that shit. Literally. It began with a backpacking trip in Southern California. Sounds simple enough. Add 6 friends. Try …
Why you should never give yourself a sponge bath while drinking. I am officially the dirty camper. I thought before on hiking trips those days and days of camping fun that I knew what being the dirty camper was. Even though I have jumped in crisp cold alpine lakes and frolicked beneath water falls nearly …
Blanche Misses Sophia. I’m pretty sure this little golden girl thinks that I’m taking her to “the farm” This is Carly’s first road trip and it’s a five hour one way road trip to the Eastern Sierras. To thank me for taking her on vacation she probably ate my sausage croissant as soon as I …
Things I love today Cruise control Windshield wipers ice water The drive to Mammoth just had to be chock full of adventures. This is Carly dogs first vacation and I have to say, as she slept for five hours straight on the ride up here, she slept through the excitement of would we be swept …
It was nearing high noon in the Eastern Sierras and we had been hiking what felt like straight up a mountain for hours. This was no normal hike. As my hiking boots crushed into the soft sand of the trail I felt every pound of the heavy pack on my back that carried my belongings …