We spent the night at Atousa's house in San Jose so we could get an early start along the windy road to the park. Atousa took us to some place call...

Hike Stats: Length: 11.5 miles (plus .2 detour) Elevation change: 400 up, 1000 down, then up and down and up and down Time: 5 hours Location: B...

We were all pretty sore and tired when we woke up at Glen Camp, but we still had over 8 miles to go. We packed up all our stuff and headed out of t...

Ok, this is totally going to kind of a biased review because I ate here right after a 2-day, 17 mile hiking/camping trip, and after 2 days of hikin...

Pt. Reyes is a hike I'd been wanting to do for some time. It's 17 miles one-way, leading all along the coastline, past rocky cliffs, panoramic view...

Trail Details: Name: Steep Ravine - Dipsea - Matt Davis, loop Miles: 7 Elevation change: 1600, down and back up Trialhead: Pantoll Parking Lot ...

So we all wanted to see snow and visit Dasha in southern California. So we all bought tickets to Ontario and rented a "cabin" by Lake Arrowhead. In...

Pinnacles is the remains of an ancient volcano that once, millions and millions of years ago, stretched 8,000 feet into the sky. Tec...

We hiked back down the mountain the next morning and went to the waterfall. We rock scrambled over into the nearly enclosed area of the pools und...

Hello tourist trap! I have to admit, everytime I drove by this place heading to or from Monterey, I totally wanted to eat there. I mean, its name i...

The best thing about the restaurant at the Big Sur River Inn (you can get a room there, too) is the atmosphere of the location. Out in back, there'...

The first time I saw Salmon Creek Falls in Los Padres National Forest, on Highway in the southern end of the Big Sur area, I knew I had to come bac...

9 miles, 3150 ft in elevation gain, almost 4000 feet of ascent, 4 gorgeous waterfalls and 2 hitchhiked rides to get back to camp... thus was our&nb...

At 7AM, we headed for the kayak outfitter office, as recommended by the website. However, the kayak outfitter office guy turned out to be a kinda b...

I love rocks and water -- the way waterfalls cut through mountains, the way the sea pounds against rocky coasts. So heading down the coast for a se...

That stretch of southern central / northern southern California gets really campy. You know how when places have not much going for them, they make...

The closest town to Hendy Woods is called Boonville. Yah, Boonville. That's like naming your town "The Cuts" or something. Surprisingly, Boonvill...

Michelle, Puppy and I went up to Reno for a weekend. When we all realized we didn't like to gamble, we hightailed it to Lake Tahoe. The resulting d...