I have made it a point to try and keep most of the negative politics out of my posts, but enough already.   In the last couple months,  the Federal Government has made decisions that seem to subvert everyones efforts to reverse the destruction we wreak on our environment.   It started when  they would not allow [...]

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Last night I spent a little time updating my Blogroll with some of my favorite outdoor blogs.   These are the ones I subscribe to via RSS,  and read just about everyday.   Thanks to those who create these blogs,   a little piece of each goes into this one.  You can access it via the right side-bar [...]

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My first trip up Ghost Mountain, walking through the weathered remain of one mans vision stirred up a visceral emotion in me that most face at one time or another; “do I have what it take to let it all go, and live as one with the land?”
The remains on top of Ghost Mountain, [...]

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As most of us Californians have seen on the news and on the newspapers,   the Governor is proposing a 10% across the board budget cut.   This truly will be a hardship for all involved,  particularly the users of our wonderful State Parks,  as 48 of them are slated to close due to these cuts,  as [...]

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The Sierra Club blog The Compass has a great post on my kind of television program.
Check it out here

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For anyone who lives in San Diego who has not hiked Torrey Pines State Reserve, I urge you to visit. Torrey Pines is another one of those hiking jewels nestled in the middle of our city. Just south of Del Mar, Torrey Pines is an open space park that [...]

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I was at an outdoor leadership-training course on Saturday, in preparation for the upcoming Wilderness Basics Course here in San Diego, and we had a lively discussion on calling off a trip due to perceived unsafe conditions.  The bulk of the talk was geared towards the how to deal with the negativity that results from [...]

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Arguably the best resource out their for hiking San Diego is a book called Afoot and Afield in San Diego County. Jerry Shaad, the author of this fine publication has put together a fairly comprehensive list of the best hikes in San Diego County. I carry it with me in my car [...]

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After Being cooped up yesterday due to the rain, the family decided we would search out snow today. We bundled up in snow boots and down jackets
, grabbed the sleds from the garage shelves, and off to the Lagunas we went. We were a little worried as we traveled up sunrise highway [...]

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The girls and I decided to get outside for a bit before the predicted rains hit San Diego.   We drove to Mission Trails, and hiked the short fun visitors center loop to the “Grinding Rocks”.
We started at the Mission Trails Visitors center parking lot, and walked down the hill towards the Father Junipero Serra trail, [...]

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