Hart Hill, Me, Bob, and the Black Kitty
Trip Date: July 25, 2022 Find this Spot We have kept up our trips to the Hill just about every ...
Hart Hill w the Boys
Trip Date: July 5, 2022 Find this Spot We got this trip on the calendar some months ago and we ...
Hart Hill; Me, Mike, Bob and the Wildflowers
Trip Date: June 21, 2022 Find this Spot So far this year, I have been able to keep up with ...
Hart Hill; Running Hot Water Anyone?
Trip Date: June 1, 2022 Find this Spot Unfortunately, it is already too late for me to recollect much from ...
Monitor Pass at the Saddle; In Memory of Jeff and Bob
Trip Date: May 26, 2020 Find this Spot It hadn’t been too long since our friend Jeff Hunts had passed ...
Hart Hill; Marya’s First Trip Up
Trip Date: May 18, 2022 Find this Spot I am trying to piece together the details of this trip as ...
Hart Hill Bob’s Build
Trip Date: May 4, 2022 Find this Spot This was the first trip up the Hill for Bob and we ...
Mojave National Preserve #4
Trip Date: April 11, 2022 Find this Spot I believe this trip may have been born at a family gathering ...
Hart Hill; First Successful Trip of 2022
Trip Date: April 5, 2022 Find this Spot Mike and I had tried to get up here in mid-March, but ...
Indian Valley Reservoir, BLM The Truck Goes Boom
Trip Date: March 7, 2022 Find this Spot Ken had put out the word that it was time to get ...
Central Coast Trip
Trip Date: February 18, 2022 Although I was born and reared in San Francisco, I have never spent much time ...
The City By the Bay: My Home Town
Trip Date: December 18, 2021 I was lucky enough to be born and raised in San Francisco. My mom’s family ...
Kauai Trip
Trip Date: November 27, 2021 This was one of the many trips we have taken with Kristen’s sister Jo’s family. ...
Black Rock Desert
Trip Date: November 10, 2021 Find this Spot This trip came together in a heartbeat. For some time, I had ...
Hart Hill w Bob
Trip date: October 13, 2021 Find this Spot We had planned to be hammering out Bob’s cabin on this trip; ...
Oregon Coast 4
Trip Date: September 20, 2021 Find this Spot I believe this was our 4th trip up the Oregon Coast in ...
Hart Hill; Just Me, the Mousy, and the Cranes
Trip Date: September 13, 2021 Find this Spot This was the only chance I had to come up in September, ...
Hart Hill, Bob’s Cabin Construction
Trip Date: 8/31/2021 Find this Spot This was the third attempt to make this trip happen. Between the Covid 19 ...
Hart Hill, Solo Perseids Meteor Shower
Trip Date: 8/11/2021 Find this Spot This was the second trip we had put on the calendar, some time ago, ...
Hart Hill, 60 is a Big Number
Trip Date: July 14, 2021 Find this Spot I had sent out an email to the gang proposing 3 trips ...
Hart Hill; The Nighthawks Are Back
Trip Date: June 12, 2021 Find this Spot Mike, Bob, and I were planning to head up to the property ...
Hart Hill w Mike May 24, 2021
Trip Date: May 24, 2021 Find this Spot This story cover this trip and the prior one. This is our ...
Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument, National Park Service
Trip Date: April 19, 2021 Find this Spot This trip was some 45 years in the making. In high school, ...
Hart Hill; Hit the Deck
Trip Date: March 29, 2021 Find this Spot With two great trips already under our belt in 2021, we were ...
Hart Hill; Hart Bros
Trip Date: March 16, 2021 Find this Spot We came up for the first time in 2021 in February, just ...
Hart Hill; The Hart Bros Ride Again
Trip Date: November 2, 2020 Find this Spot Well, we were really getting down to it now. Last year, our ...
Death Valley with Haley and Brett
Trip Date: October 23, 2020 I believe this trip was billed as a pleasure visit to Death Valley, a place ...
Hart Hill; Old Guys Rock
Trip Date: October 12, 2020 Find this Spot I was excited about this trip as Bob was coming up for ...
Hart Hill; One for the Ages
Trip Date: October 1, 2020 Find this Spot I have been going up to the property just about every other ...
Hart Hill with my Oldest Brother Mike
Trip Date: September 21, 2020 Find this Spot This was definitely one of the most frustrating trips, yet still a ...
Hart Hill; One Fox, Two Bald Eagles, 543 Wildfires
Trip Date: August 17, 2020 Find this Spot I knew this was going to be a great trip. Bob was ...
Hart Hill; A Child’s Gift
Trip Date: August 6, 2020 Find this Spot Two previous trips to the property had been scuttled do to virus ...
Packsaddle Pass, El Dorado National Forest
Trip Date: July 29, 2020 Find this Spot It has been a while since I did actually camp out in ...
Hart Hill; Two Frogs, One Eagle, One Fox
Trip Date: July 6, 2020 Find this Spot This was set to be another historic trip to the property, following ...
Jenner for Kristen’s Birthday
Trip Date: June 26, 2020 This may be a brief story, or not, as it is being written in late ...
Hart Hill Solo Trip; The Greatest Show on Earth
Trip Date: June 23, 2020 Find this Spot This was just a quickie to bring a load of material up ...
Hart Hill: Hart Bros.
Trip Date: June 8, 2020 Find this Spot I had been getting estimates to build the fence since we had ...
Hart Hill; Hart Bros. Atop Hart Hill
Trip Date: May 22, 2020 Find this Spot This is the story of two trips up to the property. I ...
Hart Hill; Jordan’s First Trip
Trip Date: May 11, 2020 Find this Spot The god’s had conspired against our trips thus far in 2020. Even ...
Camp Far West Reservoir, South Sutter Water District
Trip Date: February 29, 2020 Find this Spot OK, too much time has passed between this trip and my ability ...
San Diego Trip with K’s Family
Trip Date: January 26, 2020 This trip also has been 2 years ago now as I feebly attempt to piece ...
Bass Lake, Sierra National Forest
Trip Date: November 13, 2019 Find this Spot Since retirement, our good friend Tom had moved back to San Luis ...
Oregon Coast III
Trip Date: October 13, 2019 Find this Spot This was the third consecutive trip up the coast for us. We ...
Hart Hill Trips (The Boys)
Trip Date: September 17, 2019 Find this Spot The stars had aligned to come up for a second work trip ...
Hart Hill via Lake Tahoe
Trip Date: September 3, 2019 Find this Spot I have been fortunate enough to get invited each year to a ...
Ft. Ross Anniversary Trip
Trip Date: August 29, 2018 Haley and Brett had stayed at the Fort Ross Lodge and had raved about it, ...
Hart Hill Work Party
Trip Date: August 13, 2019 Find this Spot Bob had let me know this weekend was good for him several ...
Burnside Lake, El Dorado National Forest
Trip Date: July 10, 2019 Find this Spot We had decided to get up to the high elevations and camp ...
Hart Hill Trips; Many Firsts
Trip Date: June 3, 2019 Find this Spot I know I saw the listing on Realtor.com, Zillow, or on one ...
Berkeley Hills Day Trip
Trip Date: May 7, 2019 Find this Spot This was certainly no camping trip, but a fun day trip to ...
Denver Trip with Kristen
Trip Date: May 7, 2019 Kristen had a conference to attend in Denver, so I was finally invited to go ...
Panoche Hills, Bureau of Land Management
Trip Date: March 28, 2019 Find this Spot This was the 4th consecutive weekend, every weekend in March, I was ...
Mojave National Preserve II, National Park Service
Trip Date: March 20, 2019 Find this Spot This was the 3rd consecutive year we would venture into the Mojave. ...
Saline Valley, Death Valley National Park
Trip Date: January 28, 2019 Find this Spot 2019 it is; holy fuck. This is perhaps our fourth consecutive January ...
Pinnacles National Park (Tom’s Retirement Party)
Trip Date: November 7, 2018 Find this Spot This was another in a series of retirement party trips; this one ...
Blue Lake, Modoc National Forest
Trip Date: November 1, 2018 Find this Spot My brother Mike and I have been dreaming of buying property (and ...
Oregon Coast II
Trip Date: October 7, 2018 This was our second year working our way up the Oregon Coast, however, it technically ...
Obsidian Trip; Inyo National Forest
Trip Date: September 20, 2018 I don’t know why this is called the Obsidian trip and I am writing this ...
Alta Toquima Wilderness, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
Trip Date: July 20, 2018 This is another trip I am writing up after 4 years, so my memories are ...
Berkeley Marina (Mike’s boat)
Trip date: July 19, 2018 Find this Spot This was a huge and exciting day for Mike and his then ...
Island Park, Idaho, Family Trip
Trip Date: June 9, 2018 This is another trip that I didn’t write the story for until some 4 years ...
Valley of Fire State Park, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
Trip Date: March 23, 2018 Find this Spot Just outside Vegas, within an hour to the North, East, and West ...
Fiske Creek Road, Bureau of Land Management
Trip Date: February 16, 2018 Find this Spot So many trips are on the verge of not happening for me, ...
Wood Cutting Day Trip, El Dorado National Forest
Trip Date: January 30, 2018 Find this Spot Sometimes a day trip can be just what the doctor ordered. Big ...
Mojave National Preserve, National Park Service
Trip Date: January 10, 2018 Find this Spot Wow. From rather rough beginnings, this trip was outstanding. I got sick ...
Oregon Coast I, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Trip Date: September 17, 2017 I was at the Smith River once before, having come up to camp while I ...
Black Rock Desert, Bureau of Land Management
Trip Date: May 11, 2017 Find this Spot We have been to the Black Rock Desert in Northwestern Nevada a ...
Black Butte Reservoir, US Army Corps of Engineers
Trip Date: March 17, 2017 Find this Spot This was going to be different from the get go. We had ...
Mojave National Preserve I
Trip Date: January 9, 2017 Find this Spot A January Winter trip has become somewhat of a tradition these last ...
Keir’s Place in Loyalton
Trip Date: October 28, 2016 Find this Spot This trip did sneak up on me pretty good. I hadn’t been ...
San Francisco Trip, Return To The Homeland
Trip Date: August 13, 2016 Find this Spot My mom, Theresa Schoenstein (Hart) was the oldest daughter of 9 children ...
Sonora Pass II, Toiyabe National Forest
Trip Date: July 29, 2016 Find this Spot I had been looking forward to returning to Sonora Pass since my ...
Mendocino National Forest above Clear Lake
Trip Date: May 5, 2016 Find this Spot This was essentially a bachelor party for Vince as he is scheduled ...
Big Sur with Steve, Los Padres National Forest
Trip Date: April 15, 2016 Find this Spot Maybe it was tax day, maybe it was the thing that influences ...
Big Hill, El Dorado National Forest
Trip Date: April 1, 2016 Find this Spot It just doesn’t have to be complicated, but sometimes it is. This ...
Indian Valley Reservoir w Jordan, Bureau of Land Management
Trip Date: March 18, 2016 Find this Spot This was a Christmas present from Jordan – he said he would ...
Camp Far West Reservoir, South Sutter Water District
Trip Date: February 16, 2016 Find this Spot Sometimes simple and easy works just fine. We wanted to get out ...
Panamint Valley, Death Valley National Park
Trip Date: January 16, 2016 Find this Spot Ok, you got me. We were technically not in DV, we were ...
Indian Valley Reservoir, Bureau of Land Management
Trip Date: December 11, 2015 Find this Spot I don’t recall too many December trips over the years. As one ...
Eagle Creek Cabins, Trinity River
Trip Date, November 21, 2015 Find this Spot Sometimes, things just come together. Kristen and I had gone on our ...
Northern California Rivers Trip, Klamath National Forest
Trip Date: October 12, 2015 Find this Spot I cannot remember the last time I took an entire week off ...
Grouse Ridge Campground, Tahoe National Forest
Trip Date: October 9, 2015 Find this Spot This trip is just too rich to go into lengthy details and ...
Packsaddle Pass 2015, El Dorado National Forest
Trip Date: September 11, 2015 Find this Spot This was one of those trips I just wasn’t paying too much ...
Sonora Pass w Tom, Toiyabe National Forest
Trip Date: May 29, 2015 Find this Spot Ah, the simple times. Two people; one rig, one night; two days. ...
Yosemite National Park
Trip Date: April 23, 2015 Find this Spot We have gone to Yosemite every Fall for the past several years ...
Silver Fork of the American River; Mike’s Retirement Party, El Dorado National Forest
Find this Spot Trip Date: March 28, 2015 Cesar Chaves Holiday weekend has typically been a weekend we have gone ...
Indian Valley Reservoir with Mike, Bureau of Land Management
Find this Spot Trip Date: February 27, 2015 Most trips go smoothly –no problems, no drama, no malfunctions. The shorter ...
Red Rock Canyon State Park
Trip Date: January 16, 2015 Find this Spot No two trips are created equal. They are all born differently, and ...
Benton Crossing with Tommy, Bureau of Land Management
Trip Date: October 18, 2014 Find this Spot I had been on a real good run. Last month Bob, Tom, ...
Upper Sacramento River Float Trip
Trip Date: September 12, 2014 Find this Spot Doing something different usually takes a lot more effort, but is sometimes ...
Lake Berryessa Hiking, UC Davis Preserve
Trip Date: January 26, 2014 Find this Spot Yes, no this is not a camp trip, but this was a ...
Carrizo Plains National Monument, Bureau of Land Management
Find this Spot Trip Date: January 16, 2014 You just never know how a trip is going to go. Some ...
Caples Lake, Johnny Pechal’s Spot, El Dorado National Forest
Find this Spot Trip Date: October 18, 2013 The potential was there to get out to the Black Rock Desert ...
Central California Coast State Parks
Find this Spot Trip Date: October 17, 2013 I don’t remember when this was as I am writing this several ...
Poho Ridge, El Dorado National Forest
Find this Spot Trip Date: November 15, 2013 Sometimes it is just about the doing. It isn’t always perfect; you ...
Clover Valley Ranch, Plumas National Forest
Find this Spot Trip Date: September 27, 2013 It is intriguing how things connect sometimes. A funny email sent by ...
Ice House Road, El Dorado National Forest
Find this Spot Trip Date: August 9, 2013 The Perseid Meteor Shower happens every year beginning about mid-July, with peak ...
Union Reservoir Boat Camping, Stanislaus National Forest
Find this Spot Trip Date: July 4, 2013 Boat camping with my children has been one of the greatest pleasures ...
Packsaddle Pass; El Dorado National Forest
Find this Spot Trip Date: June 21, 2013 The annual occurrence of the Summer Solstice has a very hip, mystical, ...
Desert Creek, Toiyabe National Forest
Trip Date: May 31, 2013 Find this Spot This is an historic third weekend in a row that I have ...
Monitor Pass, Bureau of Land Management
Find this Spot Trip Date: May 24, 2013 This is week two of what I hope is three straight weekends ...
Lindsey Lake, Tahoe National Forest
Find this Spot Trip Date: May 17, 2013 My wife Kristen and I headed out of town last weekend to ...
Sinkyone Wilderness State Park
Trip Date: July 7, 2006 Find this Spot The dates on the pictures say July 7-9, 2006, so I will ...