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Hiking Mono Lake
March 27, 2017. Google Photo album Somewhere in California, I rolled out of my tent and discovered a fresh dusting of snow on the ground. It was freezing cold, and even my tough constitution was...
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Alabama Hills and Whitney Portal
March 28, 2017. Photos on Google. I rolled out of my tent to a splendid view of the Sierra behind me. The wind had died down enough for me to get a fire going, eat breakfast and plan out my day. I had...
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Upper Newport Bay Wildlife Preserve
March 30, 2017. Photos on Google After just one day at the Free Movement Festival, I was ready for some nature time. I took some time off in the morning and headed for a county park. The Upper Newport...
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Santiago Oaks Regional Park
March 31, 2017 Photos on Google Another day in California, another impeccably beautiful, sunny morning. With my phone having some sort of hardware issues that caused it to constantly turn itself on and...
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Laguna Beach and Laguna Coast Wilderness Park
April 3, 2017. Photos on Google After five days of intense movement workshops in Santa Ana, it was time to head home. Head home via the scenic route, that is. I planned for 6 days to get back, so I had...
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Vasquez Rocks
April 3, 2017. Photos on Google. Today I’d make just one more stop before driving to camp. I had to get across LA, so I hardened myself for several hours of sitting in freeway traffic. I was glad to...
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Saddleback Butte
April 4, 2017. Photos on Google. I pulled in to the campground the night before so I’d have an easy place to stay. The wind was blowing HARD and I was grateful for the wooden sun-shades, which doubled...
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Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve
April 4, 2017. Photos on Google. The line to get into the park. After a quick jaunt up Saddleback Butte, I headed west to the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve. The closer I got, the prettier the drive...
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Arthur Ripley Desert Woodland
April 4, 2017. Photos on Google. After the hike through the Poppy Reserve, I headed west to the Arthur Ripley Desert Woodland. I only knew this park existed because I noticed it on the map as I was...
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Owl Canyon
April 4-5, 2017 Photos on Google Driving down a washboard gravel road in the black of night, I hoped that I’d find the Owl Canyon Campground soon. It felt like it took me forever. Outside the bustling...
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Monkey Face, West Face Direct – Monkey off my Back
June 22, 2017. Photo album here. In almost ten years of climbing at Smith Rock, I’d never gotten on Monkey Face. One of the most recognizable features at Smith, Monkey Face is a 350 foot tall spire...
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Steens Mountain high country rambling
July 21-23, 2017. Google photo album I’ve had the Steens Mountain on my mind since the first time I stepped foot into the region. Literally, one foot. I had just undergone ACL reconstruction surgery 3...
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Diablo Peak
October 28, 2017. Photos here In my quest to tick off the summits in Barbara Bond’s “75 Scrambles in Oregon” book, I organized a Cascades Mountaineers outing to Diablo Peak. In May. A sudden case of...
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Lava Beds for Thanksgiving
November 22-26, 2017. View all the photos from this trip here. With forecasts for unseasonably warm and wet weather all across the west, we decided to head south to a not-terribly-well-known National...
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Kelso Dunes
April 6, 2017. 3 mi. | 650′ ele. gain | 2 hrs. I arrived at the Kelso Dunes Parking area at 5:30 pm with the intention of enjoying sunset from the expansive dune field. The dunes lie within the Mojave...
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Feather Falls
March 9, 2018. Feather Falls Loop | 8 mi | 1870′ ele. gain | 3:15 hr. I found Feather Falls in a Northern California hiking book. I had to drive to Sacramento for a weekend event, so I decided to tack...
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Hiking while female
“Where’s your husband?” I was taken aback. I don’t remember the year, or the exact hike I was doing, or many of the details of this encounter. But I do remember being asked this question by a total...
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Kentucky Falls
September 30, 2015. 6 mi. | 800′ ele. gain | 3:15 hr. The drive to the trailhead for this hike was probably the most adventurous part… To find this remote series of waterfalls, it was necessary to...
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Entering Nevada: mining and aliens
March 30-31, 2018. Photo album I was itching to get on a road trip. When the day finally came, I felt like a racehorse at the gate. We packed up the car and started driving towards Nevada. That stretch...
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Valley of Fire State Park
April 1, 2018. Photo album We rolled into Valley of Fire State Park around 9 am. Immediately we were sitting in line, waiting to pay the entry fee to get into the park. To be fair, it was Easter...
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