So yes, first blog in awhile. Not for lack of hiking, but for lack of feeling the want to write about the hikes. New Year’s resolution is to catch up on pictures, blogging and journaling. There you have it, resolution in writing. Sigh. So my TB Peggy bugged me on Friday to hike on Saturday, however I have been gone… Read more »
An absolute bucket list hike, considering Saddleback is the highest peak in Orange County and the constant view of the towering giant teases you daily to come straddle the saddle! Our hike organizer, Anastasia, picked this hike as a precursor hike to Havasupai that is scheduled for May. Figuring if we could manage this hike, the 10 mile hike into… Read more »
Some of the best hikes are ones you have driven by for 30 plus years and never have stopped or have known you should stop. I googled waterfalls in LA and Modern Hiker suggested Placerita Canyon Firebreak Trail. This trail head is located in the Placerita Canyon Natural Area and Nature Center on Placerita Canyon Road off of the CA-14. Shana… Read more »
Any trail that touches the PCT is always on my list. So when Kelly, my wicked stepmother, mentioned the Whitewater Preserve loop hike last year, I knew I wanted to check it out over Easter break. Lucky for me, Kelly wanted to join me! The loop itself is less than 4 miles, so to make it a hike worthwhile… Read more »
Hitting the Trails, not Hiking the Trails, do you know the difference? One beats the crap out of you and one keeps you coming back to get the crap beaten out of you. Kind of like golf, you can play a crappy round and swear you will never play again, then on the 18th hole, that beautiful drive, on target… Read more »
We decided to just go a bit beyond the Orange curtain to the beginning of the Santa Monica Mountains to hike to the infamous Hollywood sign at the top of Mount Lee on this very last day of 2015. Yes, 48 years on this planet and I have never hiked to the Hollywood sign, well that is being remedied today. … Read more »
No, I didn’t do this hike, one day I will. However, I did drink the wine. I was supposed to hike along, but my daughter’s water polo schedule took over my Saturday plans. So I have bookmarked this date for my Trail Bitches, who took fantastic photos of a great hike in the Santa Ana Mountains without me. Hoping one… Read more »
Funny how plans sometimes don’t come to fruition, causing a reset in the weekend calendar. Those cancelled plans brought a great day to our life’s memories that may just not have happened otherwise. Original plans were to camp in bare minimum cabins in Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. Susan even had the cabins booked, and I had our loop hike to… Read more »
We were supposed to have a late start, but luckily the weather reporters cooperated by predicting afternoon rains. This put us on the road at 6:30 am, before sunrise, for a guided 9.7 mile hike in the mountains by Wrightwood with Jesper. Why guided? Sometimes it is just nice to show up and be told where to go without having to… Read more »
The best part of starting hiking blogs off with a doozy, makes the El Moro Canyon Ridge Loop “strenuous” hike feel like a floozy! Due to the continued excessive heat that is sucking Southern California dry, our day started again at 6:30 am. While I was disappointed in the lack of a visible SUNRISE due to a thick marine layer,… Read more »