Tag: adventure
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Meet Me in The Mojave
“When you get what you want, what do you want? So you go to the desert…” -Mojave 2015 The Mojave desert is my backyard. At over 47,000 sq miles the Mojave is the smallest desert in North America, it is also the driest. Despite these factors the Mojave is rich in biodiversity and there…
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In Patagonia
Our trip is winding down to an end. I’m sitting on the bottom bunk of our hostel listening to the wind rattle the windows. It’s a bit cloudy out today and we plan on one last hike before the bus takes us back to Calafate and our plane back home. I’ll be filling you all…
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Photo Essay: Home for a week
How to pack as much as possible into a week in Maine. When you miss your flight and get in a day late spend whats left of the afternoon at a local apple orchard, extra points if they have baby goats. Use every bit of daylight to see the sights. This means going to the…
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Hiking : Middle Palisade
Elevation- 14,019 Distance- 12 miles round trip ( An estimate – the last part of the hike is off trail) Oh Eastern Sierra, how I love thee. The only part I do not love is having to wait till 8am at the Ranger Station surrounded by pushy Mt. Whitney hikers just so I can get…
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Why I Hike Solo
I begin to ascend out of the dirt parking lot. It is early and I do not pass anyone on the trail. All I can hear is the shrill call of a Steller’s Jay in an otherwise quite forest. The early morning dew helps to keep the dust down, but later, when the sun…
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To The Sierra Nevada With Love
Over the past few years I have fallen in love with the California’s Sierra Nevada mountain range. Since moving to California I have become a self proclaimed desert rat, odd for a girl from Maine. But something about the high alpine lakes and the lichen covered granite of the Sierras remind me of home. Since…
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Hiking : Mt. Langley
Mt. Langley, 14,026 feet of sandy windswept granite is one of the high places of the world. Langley is my second 14er and number 14 on my 30 for 30. My friend and I picked up our permit at the Lone Pine ranger station and started the hike in. Unfortunately we were not able to…
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White Mountain and the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest
We recently visited the Inyo National Forest to hike White Mountain and see the ancient bristlecone pines. Typically when we drive north on highway 395 we are headed to the eastern sierra, this time we made the turn east towards the White Mountains. Highway 168 out of Big Pine winds up out of the…
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5 practices to conquer self doubt.
1.Do not shy away from your own greatness. How do you think successful people get where they are? Hard work, patience, back ally deals? Some of these things may be true but regardless of how they got there they all have one thing in common. Successful people rise above doubting their own greatness. Look yourself…
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Photo Essay-Channel Islands National Park: Santa Cruz Island
“The island is ours. Here, in some way, we are young forever.” ― E. Lockhart
Bit of Betsy 