Mt Shasta with Friends
A quick trip up the I5 to climb Mt Shasta with Darrin and Lisa. The weather was not kind to us and we did not even attempt the summit. Instead we did a little skills training. Great weekend nonetheless.
Short Trips
Thanksgiving 2012 In Death Valley.
Some months ago we decided to spend this year’s Thanksgiving long weekend in Death Valley, for 2 reasons: we love that desert and it would be a good test for our new camping set-up. For some months Stephen had been…
Annular Solar Eclipse
Sunday, May 20, 2012 We decided to drive to just north of Redding, CA, to make the most of the Annular Solar Eclipse and see the ‘Ring of Fire’. The event was the first one of its kind to be…
Maiden Trip of our new vacation home.
We went to Pinnacles National Monument to test our new ‘vacation home’: rooftent + annex + awning. Sterlin with Tent
Death Valley
On Friday, May 27, we set off from Emeryville around 3:45pm to start our Memorial Day weekend trip to Death Valley. We’d only decided this just over a week before and were lucky to still find accommodation in Death Valley…
Along Hwy 1 to Santa Cruz.
We went on a day trip along the beautiful coastal Hwy 1 from San Francisco to Santa Cruz. Photos
Bermuda
Kristin left NY on the afternoon of October 12th (see previous post); I checked into the Newark Airport Hilton that evening, where I was was joined by Stephen early the next morning. He’d just flown in on the red-eye from…
Brokeoff Mt and Ponderosa Way
Labor Day long weekend: hiking, 4WD and Sacramento. We went back to Lassen Volcanic Nat’l Park to knock of Brokeoff Mt. which is the high point of Tehama County, CA. There are 58 counties in California, with 56 high points…
Lassen Peak and Shasta Bally Trail
Here are some photos of a nice weekend away. On Saturday we visited Lassen National Park. We drove around the Park and hiked to the top of Lassen Peak. Sunday we went 4WD’ing in the vicinity of Whiskeytown Lake. We…
Yosemite Weekend
Caroline and I spent another wonderful weekend in Yosemite. Photos
In the Footsteps of Ansel Adams
Spent another wonderful weekend in Yosemite trying to capture the moon over half dome. Yosemite was inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage list in 1984 Photos
Fall in Yosemite
We enjoyed a lovely Indian Summer weekend in Yosemite on Oct 31 and Nov 1. Yosemite was inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage list in 1984 Photos
Yosemite in Winter
We went to Yosemite for the President’s Day long weekend and stayed at the Ahwahnee Hotel, which is rapidly becoming my favorite place to stay there. The whole Valley looked magical in the snow. Yosemite was inscribed on the Unesco…
Ohlone Hike Oct 18-19, 2008
We did a 2-day hike in the Ohlone Wilderness with our friends Tory and Adrian. Here are some impressions of the hike.
Mt Hood
Kerry and I headed North for a 24 hour climb of Mt Hood. We flew into Portland after work, picked up a rental car and drove to the base of the mountain. After killing several hours a set-off at midnight.…