Trails and Tribulations
A 24-Hour Roadtrip: To the Ends of Earth and Back
Some believe you need to plan and prepare for a vacation. I'm of the belief adventure awaits as soon as you've decided to set sail...or ...
A Microcosm of Colour Inspiration After the Rain
A sweeping calm and joy welled up while watching this video put together by Aussie photographer, Steve Axford. Lichen, fungi, molds...all emerging from the forest ...
Thar Be Russians In Dem Hills
We had just emerged from a guarded location in the Santa Monica Mountains, our hands covered in mud, hair decorated with foliage like dryads, and ...
Hiking Mount Hillyer: Sun, Snow and Summits
I was drawn to hike Mount Hillyer after reading the following description: "The Chilao-Horse Flats country is a gentle region of rounded ridgetops, shallow draws, ...
The Poetry of Silence: The Redwood Forests of Santa Cruz
some ask praise of their fellows but i being otherwise made compose curves and yellows, angles or silences to a less erring end -e.e. cummings Photos taken ...
Exploring the LA River
Our hobo friend, Saelee, joined us this evening for a leisurely walk alongside the LA River, beginning from the Rattlesnake Park entrance down past the ...
Visit McGrath State Beach and Estuary Before It Closes (Maybe for Good)
Living in Southern California comes with a lot of perks, offering the sun, surf, snow capped mountains, deserts, riparian canyons, chaparral trails, and everything inbetween ...
The Wild Life in Suburbia: A Picnic Turns Into a Foraging Expedition
With yesterday's taxing hike upon the switchbacks of Wrightwood mountain's trails still making its impression on our worn soles, I decided Sunday would be spent ...
Vincent Gulch to Big Horn Mine to Mine Gulch Flat
Growing up, I used to make several winter trips into the furthest eastern part of the Angeles Forest to Wrightwood to snowboard on some of ...
Puff Daddy: Foraging and Cooking My 1st Puffball Mushroom
I had just wrapped up a 6 mile hike near Wrightwood this afternoon, traversing from Vincent's Gulch past Big Horn Mine and back, when I ...
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