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Foggy Golden Gate Tower

The Kvamme Brothers and Pescadero State Beach, Butano State Park, & Golden Gate Bridge

Sep 22, ’12 · by Denise · in On Adventures

Sometimes when we fly into the San Francisco Airport we use it as an excuse to visit the city and/or the coast for the day before or after our trip. With Curtis’s brother, John, flying into SFO to visit us we thought that this too would be a good time to tour him around. Or “tour” as well as two people who live in Groveland can “tour” around San Francisco pretending as if we know what…

View from edge of Mt Watkins

Day Hiking Mt. Watkins, Yosemite – Sweet Solace Off the Trail

Aug 26, ’12 · by Denise · in On Adventures, Yosemite Day Hike

Trailhead: Olmsted Point, off of Tioga Rd / Hwy 41

Distance: ~ 9 miles out and back. Trail is fairly level with just enough climb in the way out that you will appreciate gravity’s help on the way back.

Clouds Rest, Yosemite

Day Hiking Clouds Rest, Yosemite – Resting with the Clouds

Aug 11, ’12 · by Denise · in On Adventures, Yosemite Day Hike

Trailhead: Sunset Lakes, Tioga Rd / Hwy 120 on the West end of Tenaya Lake

Distance: ~ 14 miles out and back. Good and steep on the way out, with downhill on the hike back.

Lundy Canyon

Lundy Canyon

May 13, ’12 · by Denise · in On Adventures, Yosemite Day Hike

Trailhead: Lundy Lake Rd (off of Hwy 395) past the lake & cabins down to dirt road pullouts near an Outhouse.

Distance: We hiked ~3.5 miles before we hit the snowline (Just beyond a dayhike to Mill Creek Falls), making it 7miles out and back. Trail was fairly hilly and required you to ford past runoff streams and cross some good old fashioned shady log bridge.

Enjoying the Tufa

Obama said we needed a vacation- So we went to Mono Lake!

Aug 14, ’10 · by Denise · in On Adventures

Actually Curtis and I had been planing to go to Mono Lake ever since I pleaded with him to understand that the fragile saline ecosystem appealed to my inner environmental engineer. In case if you have not heard the back story, or slept through environmental engineering fundamentals, Mono lake is a saline lake in the great basin that is fed by various freshwater streams. The city of LA quite some…

Hetch Hetchy Day Hike or as we like to call it Hetch Hedgehogy: the story of our water source and a brave hedgehog

Hetch Hetchy Day Hike or as we like to call it Hetch Hedgehogy: the story of our water source and a brave hedgehog

Jul 25, ’10 · by Denise · in On Adventures, Yosemite Day Hike

Trailhead: Evergreen Rd down into Hetch Hetchy Entrance Station, parking lot by dam

Distance: ~ 4 miles rounds trip to Wapama Falls, we went ~ 1.5 miles past that and in addition got to see rattlesnakes & bears!

Natural Bridges CA State Beach

Stately Parks in the Santa Cruz Area

Jul 10, ’10 · by Denise · in On Adventures

Deciding we needed to see the Ocean, Curtis and I ventured through the central valley and over some winding mountain roads to Santa Cruz. We visited the Wilder Ranch State Park and took a cute little low altitude bike ride to the Natural Bridges State beach. I officially decided I much rather like biking at sea level with minimal hill-age. Word to the wise though, the lengthy network of bike…

Day Hiking Inspiration Point, Yosemite: Our second trip focusing on an Inspiration.

Day Hiking Inspiration Point, Yosemite: Our second trip focusing on an Inspiration.

Jun 27, ’10 · by Denise · in On Adventures, Yosemite Day Hike

Trailhead: Behind Tunnel View, off of Hwy 41 right outside of the Valley

Distance: ~ 2.5 miles, but filled with steep switchbacks and hot in the summer sun!

Yosemite Falls

Valley Floor Day Hike instead of unpacking!

Jun 6, ’10 · by Denise · in On Adventures, Yosemite Day Hike

Trailhead: Parked by Bridal Veil Falls (parallel because parking area was full) in the Valley.

Distance: ~4 miles ( we walked there on the trail and back partially along the road/bike paths) Flat with but unexpected hills compared to the road.

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Denise, glam-ing up backpackingHello! I am a 30-something outdoors-lady, backpacker, and resident of Groveland, California - the Gateway to Yosemite. My blog is a guide to my adventures & hopefully helps to spur your own. Learn more here.

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