I have been dying to get my daughter out hiking with me, but I have not been able to yet. She was born with a rare syndrome call Focal Dermal Hypoplasia also known as Goltz Syndrome. She has few disabilities one of which she has a hard time walking long distances. Since I love to…
Tag: Southern California Hike
Tahquitz Peak via South Ridge Trail- San Jacinto Mountains ~ May 15, 2016
The view from Tahquitz Peak in the San Jacinto Mountains was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! The day started off cloudy while driving up the 74 to the small mountain town of Idyllwild, but as we got closer to the ranger station the clouds started to disappear and the sun began to shine through. The ranger station was just off the highway but wasn’t open…
Potato Chip Rock – Mt. Woodson Trail ~ April 30, 2016
It was a cloudy wet Saturday morning on April 30, 2016, it had just rained a few hours before I woke up so everything was damp but the rain had stopped and the forecast showed no more, but who can really trust the forecast in So Cal? We were supposed to get an El Nino, but that never…
Fish Canyon Falls ~ April 23, 2016
Update: As of June 2016 this trail has been closed until further notice due to the 2016 Fish Fire I have become a social media hoarder of all things hiking on Facebook. So when I saw the link to an article 10 Waterfalls In Southern California I immediately opened up my bucketlist and jolted down every waterfall in…
Anza Borrego Desert State Park ~ April 9th-10th, 2016
After doing the Ladder Canyon we wanted to do something similar and heard that there were some canyons out in the Anza Borrego Desert State Park that were the same. Doing some research we discovered that the Anza Borrego Park was huge with a lot of Points of Interest. There was no way to fit…
Mecca Hills – Painted Canyon – Ladder Canyon Hike ~ February 13, 2016
My first trip to Mecca Hills Painted Canyon on Sunday 2/13/2016 was amazing. I have never been to anything like this canyon before and didn’t know that this place existed so close to home. We started this trip like any other trip going out to the desert, super early! Taking the 10 freeway out from the IE…
Mt Whitney Summit in 2 Days ~ July 20, 2013
Five people, two days, twenty two miles and over 6000 feet of climbing, Mt Whitney Conquered! Thursday morning two families set out to Lone Pine to put use all the months training by climbing Mt Baldy. We headed out from Riverside around 8 am and made it to the Visitor Center right outside Lone Pine…
Training for Whitney in the Angeles National Forest ~ 2013
My family is one of those families that like to conquer things. My dad has been the leading force behind our family conquests. From cycling centuries, hunting deer, racing a Trophy Truck in the Baja 1000, deep sea fishing in Alaska, flying an airplane to jumping out of one my dad has done more in his 58 years…