I feel like my heart is breaking this morning for the little mountain community of Idyllwild. I have been cursing, coughing and hating the thick blanket of smoke that hangs over my own mountain town for two days now. My little rural mountain town sits one mountain range and about forty miles away from …
Seven days ago I rolled my ankle real good while doing this. Yeah that is a massively awesome waterfall. And yes, it is as cold as it looks. This was pure snow run off. It felt amazing. The day we did this hike it was one hundred and ten degrees in the sweltering valleys below the …
Yesterday in the space of two hours I saw two rattlesnakes while hiking. It was barely ten A.M. as I scrambled up and over the boulders that huge the shores of my favorite creek/ relaxation destination. I was concentrating more on the super heavy back pack that I had on my shoulders (That was …
I was sure I was going to get kicked out of the forest today. It was Sunday, and I felt like being a rebel. I also felt like running…. Far. In less than a week I was going to be hiking Mt San Gorgonio, the highest peak in our mountain range, with a group …
I had such a gorgeous day off work running all over Big Bear. It was a awesome day off even if I was annoyed with myself for a while, as my phone battery died about ten miles into my run and I lost all mapping capabilities. High altitude cactus This was annoying …