Mt. Lowe |
Headed up to the Angeles crest this weekend to try a different route up to Mt. Lowe. It got really hot on Saturday and I'm glad I headed out early. Mt. Lowe was home to the old cog railroa...
Posted by Steven on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:46:00 PST |
Castro Crest Motorway |
I've been trying to take advantage of it being lighter later out and I headed out to the Castro Crest to sneak in a quick hike after work. Trying to attack the backbone trail in pieces. The yell...
Posted by Steven on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:38:00 PST |
Newton Canyon |
Trucked up to Malibu to do some hiking and attack another piece of the Backbone trail. I just got new boots so I’ve been very eager to break them in. This piece took us between Kanan...
Posted by Steven on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:39:00 PST |
Morro Bay-Thanksgiving |
Erica surprised me with a road trip up to Morro Bay (my favorite place) over Thanksgiving break. The weather was perfect and we had a great time. We had dinnner then headed to "Legends," m...
Posted by Steven on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 11:46:00 PST |
Miami |
I finally made it to Florida, never thought it would happen. First we hit South Beach for some Breakfast and Sun.
Chairs by the beach.
Then we headed over to the Hurricane's campus.
There we...
Posted by Steven on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:03:00 PST |
San Diego |
My Brother came to town and since I've taken him everywhere north of Los Angeles we decided to head south this time to San Diego. First stop the San Diego Zoo. We went into the Aviary where...
Posted by Steven on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:44:00 PST |
Solstice Canyon |
I had heard rumours for awhile about a house in the back canyons of Malibu that had burned down in the 80's. After doing some research I headed out on Saturday and took the Rising Sun Loop trail...
Posted by Steven on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:20:00 PST |
El Capitan My 100th Mountain |
After 12 years of hiking I finally made it up my 100th mountain with my best friends Billy, Brian and Dave. Billy actually took me up my first one, Blue Mountain in the Adirondacks. It was...
Posted by Steven on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:04:00 PST |
Base of El Capitan |
We scrambled up the boulders to the base of El Cap where they climbers start. From above the rock looked like pebbles. I couldn't believe how massive the rock was. Dave below is scrambling...
Posted by Steven on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:46:00 PST |
Mariposa Grove |
Taylor and Dubrava had never seen a Sequoia before so I took them to the Mariposa grove to see the Grizzly Giant. Below is a map of the entire grove.
First view of the tree.
A closer look...
Posted by Steven on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:33:00 PST |
