Emerald Pool hike in Zion

Like yesterday morning, we were slow to get organized. Letting the kids sleep, getting them dressed and fed, making our lunch—it was mid-morning before we got away from the motel. We stopped in Springdale to get a coffee and briefly look around.

Falls at Lower Emerald Pool

We got to the Zion entrance station around […]

Las Trampas flower hike

Shooting Stars

Karen and I took a nice hike today in Las Trampas Regional Park, starting from the Del Amigo trailhead in Danville. This trailhead is basically unmarked, but you’ll find an opening in the fence where the road narrows and becomes posted with no parking signs.

After going up the hill through a […]

Hope Valley snowshoeing

Yesterday we drove a round-about way through Nevada to travel from Bishop to Lake Tahoe. I imagine there is much to explore off the beaten path, but there wasn’t much to see from the highway except at Walker Lake and the Hawthorne Army Ammunition Depot.

Early this morning the low temperature in South Shore was […]