Outside San Diego

There is a cool new site that just launched this month called Adventure Trip Magazine
Here is how the site describes itself:
“Adventure Trip Magazine is an online magazine catering to those of us who seek out travel destinations beyond the routine. We take you places the average person only dreams of traveling. Trips that create unfamiliar […]

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The family made a trip to San Diego Bay, via Tidelands Park on Coronado Island to try out my 7-year olds new Kayak.  She received a well-used Ocean Kayak Scrambler, and a new “kids sized” Werner paddle for her birthday last week, and as been itching to get it wet.  We packed up the 3 […]

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I awoke as the filtered light of the morning began to glow through the orange fabric of my bivy.   As I snuggled a little deeper in the warm cocoon of my sleeping bag, I realized it was not the morning light that awoke me, but the rhythmic patter of falling snow tapping near my head.  […]

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Andrew Heinrichs is preparing to embark on an epic trip for a great cause Here is what he has to say about it:
In early June of 2008, I will begin a hiking and biking expedition in Colorado to raise funds for World Bicycle Relief’s Project Zambia. In order to raise awareness and support World […]

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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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The family headed out to Blair Valley in the Anza-Borrego Desert today to do a couple of hikes to Yaquitepec and the Pictograph trail. The drive through Julian was very cold and very rainy. The rain let up as we descended the Banner grade into the desert, but it never was warmer than […]

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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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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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