Places

Activities Seven Falls, Sabino Canyon Seven Falls up Bear Canyon outside Tucson: dry creek crossings, real saguaros, and a hard time finding a ride back to town. February 17, 2018 Places Shooting the blood moon above Malibu Cowboy-camped above Malibu for the January 2018 super blue blood moon, tripod along for the moonrise. January 31, 2018 Activities Local LA hikes A photo set from the Santa Monica Mountains, the closest real trail network to the West Side. August 27, 2017 Activities Santa Barbara with the family A coast run up to Santa Barbara: the courthouse tower for the best free view in town, and a front-country creek hike… June 26, 2017 Places The Getty Villa A family visit built around the Getty Villa, the Roman-villa half of the Getty out on PCH near Malibu. June 24, 2017 Activities Watching the Tour of California climb Mt. Baldy Riding up GMR to watch the pros climb Mt. Baldy, back when the Tour of California still came through. The race is… May 20, 2017 Places Showing my sister around LA A volunteered tour-guide weekend: Griffith, Universal's Harry Potter world, and a since-closed pizza place she loved. March 11, 2017 Activities Learning the San Gabriels at Strawberry Peak How I found the San Gabriels: a bad bike-shop brush-off pointed me at a group ride, and a guy who shares my… February 12, 2017 Overlanding Driving Texas to California Moving west on the southern route to dodge the snow: El Paso, a long desert haul, and the surprise that LA has… January 12, 2017 Activities Hanging Lake, Colorado A bachelor-party weekend in fall Colorado, with Hanging Lake as the photo highlight. Since then it's burned, washed out, rebuilt, and gone… October 15, 2016