Long Lake hikes out of Bishop

We drove over to the Bishop area for three days to do some hiking on some of our favorite trails. We visited two different Long Lakes: one in Little Lakes Basin, and one out of South Lake. Both were beautiful, surrounded by snow-capped peaks. The high temperature in Bishop was 100°, but a welcoming 75° […]

Owens Valley, Panamint Valley, and Death Valley Geocaching

Dan let me know that he and some friends were headed to Death Valley for some geocaching. I decided to join them, but spend some extra time in the area. I headed south and spent the first night with Mom in Shafter. The next morning I was off to Mojave where I made a brief […]

Tam McArthur Rim hike

On Friday (Oct 2), we did a short hike (less than 5 miles) part way up Tam McArthur Rim. This has been a favorite hike of mine, but given that we were both a little down on energy we decided not to go to the high point on the rim. I like to go at […]