Pics from our camping trip are posted here. It was the best Sportsmobile trip in terms of logistics and sleeping since Lane was a baby. Lane is old enough that he’s almost human, and Paige is still young enough to mostly stay where you put her down. Our campsite was Coyote Canyon [...]
Last weekend was our sixth year participating in the January orienteering event in Anza Borrego desert. We left early Saturday morning and arrived in the desert at about 10am. 2 hours seems to be Lane’s tolerance for a content car ride (not that we haven’t pushed it much longer); as we were pulling [...]
The weekend of December 15th we went on a road trip along the Mojave Road in the Sportsmobile. I had some misgivings about this trip, to the point where I almost decided not to go. However, I’d wanted to do the Mojave Road ever since I met Tad, so it was about time. [...]
This Thanksgiving we spent at Jack & Caroline’s beach house up in Oceanside (pictures). It may not have been Lane’s first Thanksgiving, but it was the first one where he got to partake in the feast, and he took to it with plenty of gusto. But more exciting than the good eats were [...]
This past weekend we went camping with Lane for the first time! Camping is much easier these days, now that we have our Sportsmobile. Every year on Martin Luther King weekend we go orienteering in the Anza Borrego Desert, it’s our favorite orienteering event of the year. Logistics are more challenging with [...]
Day 1: Friday, June 16, 2006
About three or four years ago, Tad introduced me to a remarkable vehicle called a Sportsmobile. My initial reaction was, “yeah, whatever, automotive boy toy.” But one day, while we were kayaking at San Onofre State Beach, I saw one. San Onofre is a rare beach where [...]
Finally, the trip we’ve been preparing for all summer! On Thursday, August 4, 2005, Tad and I headed up to the Sierra Nevada to make a summit attempt on Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the Continental United States. Our climbing companions were Grace Chui, Cathi Larsen, and Cathi’s dad Jim Woods. [...]
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In preparation for our hike up Mt. Whitney next month, Tad, Scott, Grace and I decided to hike up White Mountain to test our bodies’ reactions to high altitude. On Saturday, July 2, we arrived in Lone Pine around 2pm and decided to take a detour to Whitney Portal [...]
Barker Valley Photos
Scott, Grace, Tad and I did a quick one-night backpacking trip to Barker Valley over Memorial Day weekend. The trip was intended as a dry run of our camping gear in preparation for our trip to Whitney in August. A short trip would allow us to try out our new and [...]
We went to Anza Borrego to see the wild flowers in March, after a stop on Mt San Jacinto to try out some snowshoes.
On our way to Anza Borrege we stopped for the afternoon in Palm Springs and rode the tram to the top of San Jacinto. It is at 8500 feet and had about 4 feet of snow on top. We hiked around for several hours, Erika seems to really like snowshoeing, I expect that [...]
Every year at Martin Luther King Jr. weekend the San Diego Orienteering club has a big meet out in Anza Borrego. This is the 3rd year we’ve gone. We had a blast this year. Last year we got there too late on Saturday, and I was still injured, and we had to [...]