Category Archives: United States

Favorite Desert Camping Spots

Zion National Park   Mojave in the winter The campgrounds we found was somewhere off Cima Road, south of I-15. Death Valley Joshua Tree  

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Big and Little Day Hikes

Big Sur Buzzard’s Roost, 2012 Mt Baldy, 2010 Squaw Mountain, 2011 and 2012 Big Meadows, South Lake Tahoe, 2012 Half Dome, Yosemite Glacier Point, Yosemite All other CA hikes go here    

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Mountain Botany

    Botany pics from our favorite hikes in the mountains.

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Lake Tahoe summer hikes

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Wine Tasting – a short California tour

Wine tasting can be fun and appreciated by anyone, even if you don’t consider yourself a connoisseur (hi, have you met us?).  Choosing wineries to visit might seem easy, until you get to Napa, and turns out there are hundreds.  Even if … Continue reading

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Arizona – mountain hiking

A lovely road trip to Arizona in 2011.  I cannot remember why we decided to go, other than that I think we wanted to see the trees and do some hiking.  We hiked Bill Williams Peak, another peak near Flagstaff … Continue reading

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Desert Wildflowers

The best of the desert blooms over the years

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Maui on a budget

We wanted to do the touristy thing, but not spend much money.  So, a revisit of our Kaui trip, we camped for half the time and went swanky-fancy at the Marriott.   This time we had enough Marriott points (thanks … Continue reading

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4-day Road Trip to ski Deer Valley

Its just more fun to drive sometimes.  It takes about 12 hours to go from San Diego to Park City, UT.  We decided we would camp in the Mojave late Thurs night, and then keep driving on Friday.  We skiied … Continue reading

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Hiking Mt. Baldy (San Ysidro)

Mt. Baldy is also know as San Ysidro Peak, which stands at 11,000’.  It’s a good hike, but don’t start late in the day like we did.  It’s a long way down too.

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