Hiking on the beginning of section C of the Pacific Crest Trail

Caches on PCT section C starting at Cottonwood Canyon trailhead

From a geocaching perspective, there is an interesting section of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) that begins just north of I10 near Cabezon. My goal for the day was to start at daybreak from the Cottonwood Canyon trailhead and hike north as far as […]

Beginning the journey to the Roughneck Rendezvous III

Today was the long drive south to Palm Springs in preparation for the geocaching event Roughneck Rendezvous III at the Ocotillo Wells SVRA. I decided to go earlier than my friends from the Geocachers of the Bay Area (GBA) because there were a couple of interesting hikes I wanted to do.

My route took […]

Mentryville: hiking in the rain

Before driving home from our motel in Santa Clarita, we decided to take a little hike (and find some geocaches), even though it was lightly raining. Since checkout time wasn’t until 12 noon, we could hike, but still shower and change into dry clothes. We started our hike at the end of the public road […]