Camp Far West Reservoir, South Sutter Water District
Trip Date: February 16, 2016
Sometimes simple and easy works just fine. We wanted to get out in February and typically (whatever that is) February calls for somewhere close and low elevation. Camp Far West is an old standby winter location. The Camp Far West Dam was built in 1963 to hold back the water from the Bear River and…
Indian Valley Reservoir, Bureau of Land Management
Trip Date: December 11, 2015
I don’t recall too many December trips over the years. As one could imagine, time after Thanksgiving is dedicated to putting Thanksgiving away and getting ready set go for Christmas. There were a few day trips at or around the first of the year – out to Folsom Lake I recall with a mud-bogging incident,…
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…
Indian Valley Reservoir with Mike, Bureau of Land Management
Trip Date: February 27, 2015
Most trips go smoothly –no problems, no drama, no malfunctions. The shorter the trip, less distance travelled, fewer guys going, all reduce the percentages of problems. Some trips – 2% say, have had problems, much of the time my Ford F-350, an illness here and there, a minor injury, another vehicle perhaps. Never anything major…
Lake Berryessa Hiking With Jordan, UC Davis Preserve
Trip Date: January 26, 2014
Yes, no this is not a camp trip, but this was a great excursion nonetheless. My son called during the week and asked if I wanted to go on a hike with him. I was ecstatic and jumped at the invitation to spend some “quality” time with him. We made plans for me to leave…