Happy New Years! Whether you subscribe to two-K-ten, twenty-ten, or two-thousand ten, it all looks the same on paper – 2010. A new year brings a challenge for new adventures. We started the year with a 10 mile hike at Dripping Springs Trail in the Cleveland National Forest. Don’t ask about the name. If I…
Category: Hikes
Hiking Adventures
The other side of the mountain.
What’s on the other side of Monserate Mountain you ask? Lucy could tell you; she’s been there (or at least seen the other side). Just another Saturday here in SoCal. A little hiking adventure… no big deal. Monserate Mountain (1500ft at the peak so not really a mountain) is up in the Fallbrook area. We…
Catching up…
All our faithful blog stalkers (hopefully we have one, or two) may have noticed we took a hiatus from posting, but now it’s time to catch up! Catching up was the name of the game for the end of our summer as we spent nearly every weekend traveling to visit family and friends. Our first…
Trail update
In case you’re wondering what I’ve been up to while Phil is hard at work in Marine land, here’s a quick update. Most of my days are spent continuing my job search, but I try to get outside each day to take advantage of this glorious weather. So far I’ve done some shorter hikes on…
Long hike, short drive
Did both today and they took the same amount of time. We woke up, ate breakfast, and headed back into the National Park. Lucy was left at the Grand Canyon kennels and we headed off to the Bright Angel trail. 6 miles round trip from 6,700 ft at the rim to 4,500 ft at the…