The alpine hamlet of Lake Tahoe is a doggie’s dream come true. When researching and scrutinizing the best Lake Tahoe dog-friendly hikes I came across a lot of info, but I had to dig deep to discover the more off-the-beaten-path hikes where I might actually find parking on the Fourth of July weekend. Sure, lots …
Sometimes you run the mountain. Sometimes the mountain runs you. Old Grayback definitely made me her bitch today. That’s the life of a hiker and outdoor adventurer. Not every hike has you feeling athletic as you sweat, limp and okay maybe cry trekking up a 10,000-foot mountain in the fog, possibly soaking wet. I’ve hiked …
“As it lay there with the shadows of the mountains brilliantly photographed upon its still surface, I thought it must surely be the fairest picture the whole earth affords.” -Mark Twain Mark Twain had obviously never traveled to Lake Tahoe on a holiday weekend. The trick to enjoying the beauty of Lake Tahoe during a …
If you don’t start your birthday by puking in public you are just not having a good time. Right? That may be what I told myself as I froze my ass off at the top of a fourteen-hundred-foot mountain yesterday. Maybe I was just trying to distract myself from the biting wind chill in my …
If you want to go to a place to resurrect your life and feel a-new again then the Eastern Sierra Mountains are that place. The jagged peaks and stunning wilderness Ansel Adams photographed and John Muir wrote essays about have a special place in my heart. I spend as much time as I can every …