Most days I wake up at dawn to go running. Waking up at dawn has its advantages once I mange to pull myself out of bed. The sunrises are completely awesome here in my mountain home town, deep in the forest. And who needs sleep anyways, right? Before I …
I’m that friend that drags people on those hikes that make them want to lay down and die. Years ago I took a good friend and his girl friend hiking to my favorite swimming hole, a five mile round trip hike in the hot sun. We split the hike in half, stopping at …
As any great vacation should begin; the second day of camping meant recovering from the first day of camping! We decided not to hike on our second day on thre Central Coast and instead do some touristy things. My girlfriends had never been to the Central Coast before and I showed them around the …
I am so very lucky in that I only have been car sick one time in my life. It was the very first time I entered the San Bernardino Mountains and those mountains took my motion sickness virginity. If only I had known in 1985 how much ginger helps combat nausea. When I was …
Montano De Oro is one of the most beautiful places in all of Southern California. The camp ground is a little out of the way for a stay in the central coast area but it is just so pretty and so not crowded at all! During the week you never need reservations in the off …