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Oct 5, 20211 min read

Arizona Trail 2021

Learning to travel in a new way. Goats are good. Arizona Trail Sep - Oct 2021 Elk country White Horse Hills Setting out. Kelly Tank...

Sep 7, 20212 min read

A Summer Haboob in Borrego Springs

We visit Borrego Spr. at least once during the summer for some sensible walking, swimming, dawn tracking in the dunes, and we're always...

Feb 15, 20211 min read

Pyramid + Rosa Pt + Mile High

I joined hiking book author Scott Turner (coauthor of Afoot and Afield in San Diego County and author of Hike The Parks Mountaineers...

Nov 8, 20205 min read

Election Week 2020 Hiding In The Desert

During the 2016 election, I avoided the noise and camped in the desert east of San Diego's mountains. I had no idea who won the election...

Oct 27, 20201 min read

Granite Mountain

On October 25, 2020, I joined the team of Don Endicott, Scott Turner, and Sicco Rood to hike Granite Mountain. Weather at the base of the...

Jan 30, 20200 min read

The bobcats of Rose Canyon

Jun 29, 20191 min read

Quest for Harlequin Bug (Murgantia histrionica) eggs

I had seen the egg cases of Harlequin Bugs on the internet for a long time and always hoped to find some. Today was my lucky day. A...