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…
Blue Lake, Modoc National Forest
Trip Date: November 1, 2018
My brother Mike and I have been dreaming of buying property (and a boat for that matter) for decades now. We came close to buying a very nice small, but modern, cabin outside Taylorsville off North Arm Road. It was a lot of money in about 2006 when we sat in the hot tub in…
Oregon Coast II
Trip Date: October 7, 2018
This was our second year working our way up the Oregon Coast, however, it technically was the first time we actually were on the Oregon coast. Last year, maybe because of nostalgia or just because you can never get enough California coast, or just to extend the whole process, we never left California, seeing Trinidad…
Obsidian Trip; Inyo National Forest
Above 7000 Feet, Forest, Hot Springs, Mountains, National Forest land, National Monument, National Park, River, Star Gazing, Wild Flowers, Wildlife
Trip Date: September 20, 2018
I don’t know why this is called the Obsidian trip and I am writing this story 4 years after the trip so all I have to go on are the photos. I don’t see any Obsidian in them and I don’t know why we wouldn’t have camped closer to the Obsidian, or right at it…
Island Park, Idaho, Family Trip
Forest, Hot Springs, Lake/Reservoir, Mountains, National Park, River, Star Gazing, Wild Flowers, Wildlife
Trip Date: June 9, 2018
This is another trip that I didn’t write the story for until some 4 years later. That’s how it goes. Sometimes we travel a lot, or the trips are somewhat close together and I don’t get to the story writing right away and then a couple more trips happen, and then they just get left…
Valley of Fire State Park, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
Desert, Hot Springs, Mountains, National Conservation Area, Star Gazing, State/Regional Park, Wild Flowers, Wildlife
Trip Date: March 23, 2018
Just outside Vegas, within an hour to the North, East, and West (and South probably too) is some spectacular country. I assume people know about it, certainly the locals, but of course that is not the Vegas you hear about from people going to Vegas. So, yes, I do understand I didn’t camp in Vegas,…