Lightning can be a real bitch. That is if you are one of the 49 Americans struck and killed by lightning each year. Lightning strikes are no joke as anyone who has been around live lightning can tell you. But at the same time, I love the smell of rain, that petrichor aroma, the crash …
Summertime to our family means a month of hiking and camping all over the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains. That usually means nothing but the best camp food. What says summertime camp food if not Carne Asada Fries (Over a salad of course) This July while trekking through the alpine mountains near Mammoth Lake, coming back …
As a travel blogger, who still wants to get out and explore this big ‘ol world even during a global pandemic, my vehicle is very crucial for my travel needs. I may not be jet-setting away to Kerala India these days but the wanderlust-filled traveler in me still has the desire to get out into …
It was hot as hell in August of 1999 as I sat in my ancient pickup truck with the summer southern California sun beating down on me. I had sweat pouring down my back as I sat in my filthy 1985 pickup truck and I prayed, once again my Dodge truck would get me home …
“Hey, Fred! Who is that ugly ass dog?” “I’m really not sure Bob” This is the Monday morning conversation I was imagining between the two adorable marmots who yelled at my dog this a.m. on top of a mountain near the Nevada border. Mt Tallac had to be the best hike I did during my …