Places

Places Mojave Preserve on the way home Turning a Vegas obligation into a detour home through the Mojave Preserve: the lava tube, the singing dunes, and slot canyons. January 6, 2022 Places December Mammoth An early-season December lap at Mammoth, big high mountain holding the snow. December 8, 2021 Places Big Bear ski camp A cold December camp-and-ski at Big Bear, trading a chilly night for first chairs. December 4, 2021 Places Lone Pine pit stop A regroup in Lone Pine and the Alabama Hills after dropping down off Cerro Gordo. September 8, 2021 Places Joshua Tree, beaten by the heat A Joshua Tree night at Hidden Valley where the early-September desert heat just beat us. September 8, 2021 Places Cerro Gordo, the mine and the tram A lap around Cerro Gordo, the silver-mining ghost town high in the Inyos, and its abandoned salt tram. September 7, 2021 Places Barker Ranch to the dunes A big swing across Death Valley, from the remote Barker Ranch hideout out to the Mesquite Flat dunes. September 6, 2021 Places Desert pivot with my dad A mountains trip with my dad rerouted to the desert after California closed all its national forests for fire season. September 5, 2021 Places Lytle Creek, ruined A weekend of trying to relax at Lytle Creek, undone by a stuck 2WD truck and broken glass. August 7, 2021 Places Gardens around Pasadena An easy local visit to the Pasadena-area gardens, the kind of shaded win for a day too hot for the hills. August 7, 2021