Hart Hill Work Party
Trip Date: August 13, 2019
Bob had let me know this weekend was good for him several months ago, and after confirming with Mike, I put the word out to quite a few friends and a bunch of family that we were having a work party at the property and could use some help. Only Reinhart made it, one out…
Burnside Lake, El Dorado National Forest
Above 7000 Feet, Creek/River, Forest, Lake/Reservoir, Mountains, National Forest land, Star Gazing, Wild Flowers
Trip Date: July 10, 2019
We had decided to get up to the high elevations and camp out of the canoes as a practice run for a possible future boat camp trip to Lake Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park. Bob, Mike, Steve, and I headed up to Lower Sunset Lake, just outside the Mokelumne Wilderness at about 8,000’ elevation. I…
Hart Hill Trips; Many Firsts
Trip Date: June 3, 2019
I know I saw the listing on Realtor.com, Zillow, or on one of the many individual/independent realtor listings I was searching and passed over it during the couple months of searching I had done. In my mind, it was $89,000 and although I remembered it being a big piece of land, it didn’t really catch…
Panoche Hills, Bureau of Land Management
Trip Date: March 28, 2019
This was the 4th consecutive weekend, every weekend in March, I was gone somewhere. Kristen and I went to San Diego for the first one, Mike and I went to the property for the second one, we were in the Mojave last weekend, and this was Rhino and Kevin’s retirement gathering. Reinhard, Kevin, Tom, Mike,…
Saline Valley, Death Valley National Park
Trip Date: January 28, 2019
2019 it is; holy fuck. This is perhaps our fourth consecutive January trip; first heading out to Carrizo Plain, then the Panamints, a bit South of Saline, then 2 consecutive jaunts into the Mojave. We will return to the Mojave in a couple months but we want to get up into the New York Mountains…
Pinnacles National Park (Tom’s Retirement Party)
Trip Date: November 7, 2018
This was another in a series of retirement party trips; this one being for Tommy Two Tone. Tom was already back in his home town of San Luis Obispo so we wanted to camp somewhere sort of in between us and him. It was fun to search for options, although there were not that many…