Tag: Southern-California
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Stay: Korakia Pensione
Desert dreams, a few shots of our anniversary weekend at the Korakia Pensione and Moorten Botanical Gardens.
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Womans Climbing Day: Joshua Tree National Park
My friend Valarie Anderson recently had the wonderful idea of an all woman climbing trip. We loaded up the cars and headed out to Joshua Tree National Park. It was such a pleasure to spend the day climbing with a group of strong kick ass women. Here are a few photos from the day. If you…
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Death Valley National Park: Surprise Canyon and Panamint Ghost Town
Panamint Valley is sandwiched between two dry and barren mountain ranges. It is hard to imagine that tucked away in one of the many hidden canyons is a lush spring fed environment. Surprise canyon is aptly named; the drive up to the mouth of the canyon is dusty with no trace of water but as…
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Death Valley National Park: Eureka Dunes and The Racetrack
Death Valley National Park is the largest park in the lower 48. At 3.4 million acres the park has a lot of ground to cover. This was our second trip to the park and we stuck mostly to the north end. We took the 395 north to Big Pine then took a right on 168…
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Does This Hike Make Me Look Fat?
After spending the long holiday weekend in Death Valley I wanted to write about all the hikes we went on, the things we saw, the dunes, and the canyons, the sunsets, and the rawness of the largest national park in the lower 48. Eventually I will get to filling you in but something happened while…
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Notes from the Field- Burrowing Owl
It has been awhile since I have posted anything about my life working as a Southern California biologist. Mostly this is due to the winter being our slow season. I spend alot of time planning in the winter, getting ready up for the spring when things tend to get a little crazy. Due to the…
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Hiking : Baden Powell
The lowdown: 9,399 feet, 8.25 Miles round trip, 2,834 feet of elevation gain. Mt. Baden Powell is known as a training ground for Sierra peaks and ultra trail runners. It is easy to see why – the relatively steep trails gets you up in elevation fast, almost 3000 feet of elevation gain in 4 miles.…
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To a New Year: Part Two
The second half of my new year’s weekend was spent climbing in New Jack City. I am not typically one for sport climbing, I prefer the security of cracks over tiny little face holds which I put no trust in. I will gladly make an exception for New Jack City however. The dark rocks, the…
Bit of Betsy 