Our annual hiking trip found us in the Inyo National Forest again. This year we are hiking behind Convict Lake and backpacking to Lake Dorothy. We headed out Wednesday night following along the very familiar 395 highway. We got to Bishop early enough to check in to the Bishop 395 Inn and make a quick…
Tag: Mountain Views
Three Sister Falls in San Diego
Three Sisters Falls is an out and back 4.1 mile trail in the Cleveland National Forest close to Julian, California. We came in from Temecula, taking highway 79. Once you are about a mile away from Julian you will turn on a country road that will take you through some amazing ranches. A couple more…
How to See the BEST of Death Valley in 2 Days
Friday Night 2022 is the year of road trips for us. We started the year with a weekend Road Trip to Death Valley. We both work over 40 hours a week so most over our trips are only 2 days but we cram as much as we can in those two day. This blog will…
10 Places to See on Highway 395 in 2 Days
Friday Night 1. Hogback Creek Our summer road trip focused on the 395 highway along the Eastern Sierra’s mountain range in the Inyo & Mono County. We found camp late Friday night at a primitive camp spot along Hogback Creek. Nothing around us but the bright stars and the dark sky in the sierra’s. …
California x9b Deer Hunt – 2021 Season
September 18th 2021 Don got drawn this year for one of California’s special draws for deer. This was one of the hunts I had been drawn for last year. Last year we almost didn’t make the hunt. All of California’s National forests had closed due to the fires that were burning in the San Bernardino,…
Dove Opener – 2021 Season
September 1st, 2021 Our 2021 hunting season started off September 1st for Dove. For the most part that is usually the start of our hunting season. It is a tradition that was started way before our adventures together started. A tradition that I have loved the first time Don took me out. And every year…
Wolves and Deer and Bears, Oh My!
In 2020 the kids lost out in so much due to the COVID pandemic, especially in birthdays and summer vacations. 2021 was a little different. We had a lot of things open but with restrictions. School in our area had opened their doors and everyone was getting ready to go back to school live and…
Garnet Lake – 3 Day Backpacking Trip – July 22-24, 2021
This video showcases our three day backpacking trip to the back country in the Ansel Adams Wilderness. We spent 3 days and 2 nights in the most beautiful country. Our first day we hiked to Garnet Lake from Agnew Meadows via the Shadow Lake trail. It was about 8 miles with about 3000 elevation gain….
Eastern Sierra ~ September 17th & 18th
Hunting and hiking in the Eastern Sierra’s
Box Springs Mountain via Two Tree’s Trail ~ August 13, 2016
Hiking Box Springs Mountain in the middle of August will not be a cool hike even early in the morning.. Click to Read More…