“Let’s do a hard hike” My best friend was visiting home from the beaches of San Luis Obispo. I was thinking on such a warm summers day we would do a easy three mile loop to the creek and spend the afternoons on the little sandy beach drinking beer and jumping off of cliffs into …
Some days I really doubt that any one has a family as unique as mine. I called my Dad yesterday to have a conversation. He than yelled at me on the phone “I can’t talk right now! I’m sitting on a toilet at a truck stop!” ??? Why did he answer in the …
Any one who knows me knows if in hungry you better get the hell out of my way. My friends who hike with me bring extra snacks because no one wants to deal with Amber’s attitude if she runs out of food four miles from the car. I have a big appetite …
Don’t ever, ever touch the prettiest flower in the desert. When hiking in the desert just remember that the flowers hate you and they are usually covered in thorns.The pretty white desert flowers may look soft and intriguing but take my word on this, unless you want to be pulling tiny little thorns out of …
It all started with those damn raccoons. Those damn, cute, adorable I want to hug them except they might be rapid, raccoon. I grew up at nearly seven thousand feet in a small mountain town. I did not have a typical childhood. I never sat in front of the TV watching Reading Rainbow or playing …