I woke up at five a.m. to rain drops on the Coleman tent. Fishing was postponed til six. We slept in. At six it started pouring down fat Sierra rain drops. No fishing this August morning for us. We had a hike planned in Yosemite Valley and had to make a simple bacony breakfast …
My last day of my Sierras vacation I had plans to do a epic run in the forest. I had talked to friends who knew the area better than me and a few different hikes had been recommended. I decided to do Duck’s Pass up near Lake Mary and Mammoth Mountain. The Duck’s Pass …
On the third day of my vacation we had plans to do a five mile round trip hike to Parker Lake to fish at the lake hidden deep in the Ansel Adams Wilderness. It was going to be awesome! We were going to catch so many feisty native trout! Sure it would be a …
When the toilet vibrates something is wrong. I had just driven one third of the way home from my Eastern Sierras vacation. I had been up since five a.m. I ran ten miles in the mountains with a two thousand foot altitude gain and than hiked for a mile near Convict Lake. I was a bit tired …
I celebrated my birthday last week with some of the best friends a girl could ask for. Most “great birthdays” don’t begin with waking up at three a.m. but this one did. At three A.M. I left my mountain town and made a beeline for the Sierras where my friends had already set up …