Today I learned the hard way that mule’s ears are softer than RV toilet paper and it’s always a good idea for a hiker to carry an extra wag bag. Especially if that hiker had spicy Mexican food the night before. As a local expert on edible plants, I usually know just where to find …
No one expects to go on vacation and face the thought of being evacuated in the middle of the night. Camping vacations are for good times; Making smores around the campfire under the stars of the Milky Way, hiking sixteen miles a day through pine forests and swimming in alpine lakes. When you are faced …
Summertime in a resort town. Sitting down in my backyard for the first time today I can literally feel the pine pollen landing on my arms. Good thing I don’t really care that much about getting dirtier than I already am. I spent the day trekking up a dusty mountain trail in my new Kuhl …
None of our friends warned us that Desert Hot Springs was quite possibly the windiest place in southern California. Or that it was the crime capital of the Coachella Valley with absurd domestic violence and burglary rates. As we planned out our springtime RV getaway to this oasis just west of Palm Desert we were …
Rain! Thunder! Lightning! Snow! Does that sound like your kind of vacation? Our family usually treks to the eastern Sierras to witness mother nature in all her stunning beauty for the fall colors each October. Nothing makes me happier than leaf peeping eastern Sierras fun. But you don’t get weather in southern California, all you …