
Eagle Creek Cabins, Trinity River
Trip Date: November 21, 2015
Sometimes, things just come together. Kristen and I had gone on our Big Foot trip in early October and had walked past the Eagle Creek Ranch which was right across the creek from the Ripple Creek Cabins where we had stayed. For about a quarter of a mile of Eagle Creek Loop road, the old…

Northern California Rivers Trip, Klamath National Forest
Trip Date: October 12, 2015
I cannot remember the last time I took an entire week off work. I am sure it was for my honeymoon 6 years ago, but prior to that, I don’t recall ever taking an entire week off. Part of that is because I have only worked 4 days a week for the vast majority of…

Grouse Ridge Campground, Tahoe National Forest
Trip Date: October 9, 2015
This trip is just too rich to go into lengthy details and descriptions. I will make an effort to be brief and succinct. I may fail. This was the Friday before Kristen and I were going on a weeklong trip of our own, leaving Monday, part camping and part cabins, but some preparation and packing…

Packsaddle Pass II, El Dorado National Forest
Trip Date: September 11, 2015
This was one of those trips I just wasn’t paying too much attention to. Our anniversary was a couple weekends ago, my niece was getting married the next weekend, we had another trip up the coast I was very much looking forward to, and then a week-long trip up into Bigfoot country that I was…

Sonora Pass w Tom, Toiyabe National Forest
Trip Date: May 29, 2015
Ah, the simple times. Two people; one rig, one night; two days. It really is so simple, especially with a few years and several hundred trips under our belts. We know what we need; we know what we want; we know how to do it. Now actually remembering everything is another story altogether. Tom…

Silver Fork of the American River, El Dorado National Forest
Trip Date: March 28, 2015
Cesar Chaves Holiday weekend has typically been a weekend we have gone on trips over the years. With Mike’s retirement from CEC, the drought, climate change, and the ridiculously warm weather we have been having, the timing was ripe for a trip. We had discussed getting up into the high country to see an early…