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Backpacking Buckeye Creek, Hoover Wilderness

Backpacking Buckeye Creek, Hoover Wilderness

Jul 12, ’13 · by Denise · in On Adventures

A couple of firsts this 4th of July weekend – My first backpacking trip of 2013 and Curtis & I’s first backpacking trip in the Hoover Wilderness! I choose this trip out of Exploring Eastern Sierra Canyons: Sonora Pass to Pine Creek, which I recently found and bought a copy of in the Groveland Museum (which I was surprised to see has the best selection of regional hiking books and…

Andrew Molera Beach, Big Sur California

Camping Andrew Molera State Park in Big Sur

Mar 22, ’13 · by Denise · in On Adventures

I’m not going to lie, whenever I am car camping anywhere new I worry about not finding space to camp. A pretty justified fear thanks to past experiences,  like the time we reserved a campsite at Butano State Park and someone still tried to take our spot. I mean the people who we ended up sharing the spot with had assumed they could find a spot, and then they couldn’t –…

View from North Dome

North Dome, Not the North Pole

Sep 12, ’10 · by Denise · in On Adventures, Yosemite Day Hike

Trailhead: Porcupine Creek Trailhead, off of Tioga Rd / Hwy 120

Distance: ~9 miles. Slightly downhill on way out and then uphill on the way back. The end of this hike take you onto granite slopes and it is probably best if you wear some shoes with traction & not your foam Tevas like I did.

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!

Windy Mountain

Windy Mountain

Aug 1, ’09 · by Denise · in On Adventures

In which I agreed to visit Curtis in Wyoming and hike up a mountain, in search of a latrine hanging off the side of a mountain that one guy remembered was pretty epic in the 80’s. With lots of rivers to ford, and little signage, the trail disappeared into the mountain and after jumping between three different “peaks” an old Indian trade arrow, and the wind at our backs, led…

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