It’s May in Southern California. In my little mountain town that means spring is finally here at six thousand feet. As I drove down Kuffel Canyon with my grandma in the car the other day rain streaked the windshield and we admired the Dog Wood Trees in bloom that filled the sky of …
I hike and run in our national forest which sits just outside my door all the time. You would think I would be aware of the painful make you itch, sting and your skin ooze disgustingly for days plants. Yet every spring and summer I find myself drawn to poison oak and Stinging Nettle …
This month I’m doing the A-Z Blogging challenge and today’s letter is O, as in On the Trail. It has crossed my mind recently that it would be fun to sign up to do Trail Angel stuff along the Pacific Crest Trail. Note I did not say it would be fun to hike the Pacific …
You know that feeling when you have nothing to blog about except the next six mile run and all the rocks and trees and squirrels you see everyday? Than you run around a corner and see a tiger!!!! True Story. This really happened to me today. Not only a tiger, but yes …
I had such a gorgeous day off work running all over Big Bear. It was a awesome day off even if I was annoyed with myself for a while, as my phone battery died about ten miles into my run and I lost all mapping capabilities. High altitude cactus This was annoying …