Sat 21-Feb-2015 Texas, Travel |
Our hike today was along a canyon that is the only outlet from the Chisos Basin. The hike, about 5 miles round trip, took us to the end of the canyon where any water it carries pours off to the desert...
Fri 20-Feb-2015 Texas, Travel |
We left Big Bend Ranch State Park and traveled east about fifty miles to Big Bend National Park. The trip took us through an area of ranches and one small town, Terlingua, which was at one time a large...
Thu 19-Feb-2015 Texas, Travel |
We spent the day hiking on the south side of the park. There are so many hikes to take here, but we did just the ones that are off FM 170 on the south side of the park near the Rio Grande. There...
Wed 18-Feb-2015 Texas, Travel |
From Marfa we headed south. Our goal was the Big Bend Ranch State Park which is right along the Texas border with Mexico. As we traveled we wound through the foothills of the mountains in the...
Tue 17-Feb-2015 Arizona, Texas, Travel |
We left Arizona, drove through New Mexico, and ended up near Marfa Texas for the night. The terrain during the day had its ups and downs, but was mostly flat desert shrub with a few mountains sticking...
Mon 16-Feb-2015 Arizona, California, Travel |
We left San Diego and headed east. We are actually on the way home, but have a long way to go and a couple of planned stops to make on the way. The scenery certainly was varied as we traveled east from...
Sun 15-Feb-2015 California, Travel |
Our morning was spent with Amanda relaxing at our campsite and hiking (2.2 miles) on the hills near the reservoir. We then headed to a Thai restaurant in Chula Vista for a great lunch. After lunch we...
Sat 14-Feb-2015 California, Travel |
Amanda was finished with practice about noon, so we picked her up at her dorm and headed to a Mexican restaurant for lunch. From there we headed to the beach south of San Diego. Amanda has been at...
Fri 13-Feb-2015 California, Travel |
What a great day. We started with a hike to Stonewall Peak in the Cuyamaca Rancho SP (4 miles round trip). It was an easy hike with lots of switchbacks and only about 900 feet of elevation change...
Thu 12-Feb-2015 California, Travel |
We started our day at Joshua Tree National Monument with a 1.8 mile walk through, around, and over some of the rock piles near the Cottonwood Campground. David’s pictures will show you how amazing these...
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