The trail less traveled… is sometimes a mistake

Karen and I went hiking (and geocaching) today in Las Trampas Regional Park, starting from the Hemme Ave. trailhead. After bumping into Lee (Alamogul) at the trailhead we headed up a use trail along the creek. After finding the first cache, we continued on, hoping to find a fairly easy way to escape the creek […]

Las Trampas hike

This was my view today as I hiked along a ridge in Las Trampas Regional Park (while doing a bit of geocaching). I started at the staging area at the end of Bollinger Canyon, hiked about 5.5 miles and climbed about 1500 feet.

Panorama view of Las Trampas with Mt. Diablo in the […]

Eastern Sierra fall color, 2012

On a short, three day trip to the eastern Sierra’s I finally hit the timing right to see some fall color. We drove over Sonora Pass (Highway 108) to Bridgeport. Aspens were just beginning to turn yellow. Some groves (the ones farthest from water) looked dingy. Perhaps they are suffering from drought, and the leaves […]