November 3rd, 2010: Nagging injuries and a long, tough hike the week before had us wondering if we’d actually be able to complete the hike but somehow we made it. Definitely our hardest hike due to the elevation gain — summit at over 10,000 feet! Had a nice break at the top and in great spirits on the [...]
July 15th, 2010: Last weekend was our second camping trip to Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. It’s a great location. Just a few feet away from two of our favorite trails Cuyamaca Peak and Stonewall Peak. It’s also a good location to camp for trails in the Laguna area which are only a short drive away. The first day [...]
March 15th, 2010: So glad I made it out to Anza-Borrego this year to view the wildflowers. Many plants are in bloom right now but there were quite a few that haven’t yet so I’m sure the next couple of weeks will be beautiful too. We walked part of the Palm Canyon Trail. It’s not far from the [...]
February 28th, 2009: For my 30th birthday Phil and I traveled up to Julian and stayed at a wonderful B&B Butterfield Inn. We hiked during the day and caught up on Lost at night. The two hikes we made were both in the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park. There was actually quite a bit of snow which we didn’t [...]
January 11th, 2009: Had a terrific time yesterday with Phil hiking Mount Woodson. We started at Lake Poway and took Warren Canyon Trail until we reached the Mount Woodson marker. The entire hike took us about 3.5 hours and my Nike+ estimated 8 miles. Elevation gain of ~2000 ft. This definitely was a more difficult hike than Iron [...]
November 23rd, 2008: The weather finally cooled off a bit (hopefully for a while) so Phil and I headed out to Poway yesterday to check out the Iron Mountain hike. It is mostly uphill/switchbacks but wasn’t too crazy. The hike up wasn’t too hard because of all the switchbacks and the trip back down was a great way [...]
November 9th, 2008: We finally made it up to Mount Laguna yesterday to hike Garnet Peak. It was perfect weather and we made the hike in about 2 hours. Before heading home we stopped in Julian for dinner and picked up an apple pie – yum! Some info about Garnet Peak: Located at the Northern end of the [...]