Well, I’ve been retired for a whole week now. In that time, I’ve been busy prepping for my new adventure—backpacking! So far, I’ve: ✅ Made and dehydrated three...
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Today, I’m experimenting with backpacking coffee. The big question: Is there an instant coffee formula that actually works for me? My main criteria—I’d...
Why so limited? There are a lot (a really really lot) more that you could say about these plants. I could describe their flowers, fruit, reproductive cycles...
Genus: Rubus Rubus is a handy genus to know, and an easy one to ID – at least to the genus level. The plant has long woody canes that either trail or mound...
Genus: Plantanus Habit and Habitat: tall, deciduous, usually riparian or wetland habitats. Common names of some species include planes, sycamores. Flowers and...
I love this little one mile loop in Garin Regional Park. This is an easy hike because it’s short, the elevation change is minimal, and the trail is usually...
We just got back from our first camping trip in years. It was a mix of awesome, exhausting, and disastrous. Here’s my post adventure recap. I’m hoping that by...
So, If you’ve read my blow by blow account of our camping trip last weekend, you know that it didn’t quite go off without a hitch. In this article, I’m going...
Description: This is a lollipop trail – out, around a loop, and then back on the same trail you started with. If you’re considering it, definitely watch the...
Description: This is an easy, short (0.8) mile hike around the summit of Mount Diablo. This hike had spectacular views, lots of a little scrub oak that was new...
