Outside San Diego

Mike Lee, a staff writer for the San Diego Union-Tribune wrote a good article about the 100th anniversary of the Cleveland National Forest, and the Forest Service attempts to balance the competing and often divisive interests in the land. Mr. Lee does a good job at providing a snapshot man’s history in […]

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The town of Julian is hosting the inaugural Julian Starfest on August 1,2 and 3rd.  This 3 night stargazing party looks to be great fun for us amateurs as well as those well versed in Astronomy.   This is just the homegrown event that gets me excited about San Diego County and all that we have […]

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I went on a fantastic Kayak fishing trip this weekend aboard the Ocean Odyssey. We went to San Clemente Island, and had a great time on a wide open Calico bite with fish that have never seen a lure swim through their territory. All my fish were released to fight another day.
I […]

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Occasionally, one gets a glimpse of what was.  This last weekend was just one of those times, and that fleeting moment where the past and present merge was both exhilarating and exasperating.  I spent the weekend in the San Mateo Canyon Wilderness, and it is (in comparison to what once was) a little piece of  […]

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I just finished reading Colin Fletchers book The Man Who Walked Through Time, and was fascinated and am fascinated by his struggles to comprehend the “geologic time” that you are faced with as you walk into the Canyon.  How does a person who lives ,perhaps 75 years, reconcile 200 million years?
My own pathetic attempts to […]

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Exxon has been postponing paying off a punitive damages suit for $2.5 billion for several years.  This suit brought on when the Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of oil in Prince William Sound Alaska, due to the incompetent actions of drunk Captain Joseph Hazelwood.  This $2.5 Billion,  down from the $5 Billion initially […]

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Looking out the window,  we are now blessed with the legendary “perfect” San Diego weather,  after being hit with 3 pretty good rain storms.  It is now time to get outdoors,  and enjoy the beautiful but brief green season that San Diego blesses us with  starting this time of year.
In between storms this weekend,  I […]

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I arrived home from the desert last week,  to be greeted by a well preserved cluster of cholla spines that had hitchhiked on the sidewall of my tire for the 70+ freeway miles,  and appeared to be no worse for the trip.   Part of the allure,  and the dread of an off trail desert trip,  […]

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The family decided to make an early afternoon hike in the Laguna Mountains today, as it was a holiday for all of us. We headed up Sunrise Highway with the intent of hiking around the Laguna Meadows. We originally were planning to park near the El Prado campground, but decided instead to […]

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A fellow hiker in San Diego posted a report and pics of a bald eagle he spotted in the Laguna meadow in late January.   Check out is report here,    or his pictures here.

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