In the previous post I moaned about forests and mentioned two routes I might take to Oregon—less forested and more forested. I invited peo...

The Woods When I was a little kid, my friends and I would go play in the woods. The “woods” was really just the center of an oversize...

These are the highest prices I’ve seen since I’ve been in California this year. About a dollar more than anywhere else. Bridgeport is in...

Memorial Day has passed but the lifts are still open. Avid skiers and snowboarders are on the slopes even though the snow is... meh. I ski...

US-395 north out of Bishop, California, climbs up a long grade. It’s the type with warning signs to turn off your air conditioning to avoid ...

After a week in the Lone Pine-Bishop corridor, it’s time to move on up the road. See you later, Mount Whitney.

I suppose Onion Valley looks like a valley from the tops of the surrounding peaks. But having come up from the Owens Valley (a long, wide...

I’ve been dreading Memorial Day Weekend and the swarm of people it brings to the outdoors. But then I realized today is Thursday, not Frid...

Clouds had started forming along the crest of the Sierras when I turned up Glacier Lodge Road, but I pressed onward. The road ends at a camp...

Almost there Whining about low clouds and rain must have worked. I woke up to almost cloudless skies. I embraced the gift and headed up...

I had been studying maps and satellite views of the Eastern Sierras. “Look at all these roads into interesting canyons and up into the mount...

It bugs me when one big rig pulls out to pass one going just a hair slower, and both are going way slower than other traffic. Yes, I know th...

I love camping at Alabama Hills, but it’s almost impossible for me to get a useable cell signal. So each day I drive to where I can get a 4G...