Little Baby New Year came into the world on January 1st at midnight this year, just like all of his previous siblings did in the past.   His birth refreshes thoughts of the future and what it will bring.  The long road of 2011 is in front of us… where will it take us? Hiking into [...]

Backpack… check. Water… check. First aid kit… check. Journal… check! I can’t picture myself hiking without packing my journal first.  I have hiked nearly one thousand trail miles since May 2009 and every step of the way, I had a journal in my pocket, ready to take out to jot down trail conditions, comment on [...]

2010 was an epic year of hiking! It seems a long time ago that I was only hiking about 2-3 times a year, but last year my feet brought me over 500 trail miles on over 90 trails. In January, after a week break from hiking, I ventured out to the Mojave National Preserve with [...]