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Relaxing in Lyell Canyon (Part 1)
(N37° 52.620 W119° 20.780)About a year ago I visited Lyell Canyon. I had never been there before so my brother and I were in the mood to check it out. So, we got up early in the morning, and travelled...
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Relaxing in Lyell Canyon (Part 2)
(GPS: N37 47.855 W119 15.705) Continuing from the last blog I stated the real purpose of this hike was just to get a good view of Mt. Lyell. I'd seen it many times from other mountains, but wanted to...
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Shootout at the Knudsen Farm (Malibu Creek State Park)
(GPS: N34 05.985 W118 43.640) This one has been a long time in coming. It has been almost a year to the day that I visited Malibu Creek State Park to figure out where the Knudsen farm was in the movie...
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The Silence of Lundy Canyon (Part 1)
(GPS: N38° 01.330 W119° 15.700) As we transition from the summer to the fall this weekend, I thought I would put up a fall hike I did a few years ago. Lundy Canyon is one of the better places to go for...
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The Silence of Lundy Canyon (Part 2)
(GPS: N38° 00.467 W119° 17.256)Continuing from yesterday’s blog…I used to not like the fall as much when I was younger. It was probably school starting, the trees losing leaves, nothing really green...
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The Cross of Black Star Canyon (Halloween 2013)
(GPS: N33° 46.160 W117° 40.295) The Sinister Secrets of Black Star Canyon #1 On Halloween 2012 I posted this tweet:Apparently I went to Black Star Canyon earlier today according to my cameras!?!? Don't...
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The Red Rock Cliffs of Black Star Canyon (Halloween 2013)
(GPS: N33° 45.514 W117° 40.816) The Sinister Secrets of Black Star Canyon #2In the last blog I mentioned how I made a new friend that I am affectionately calling, “the Old Man“. He was really...
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Death in Orchard Hills (Halloween 2013)
(GPS: N33 45.195 W117 44.210) The Sinister Secrets of Black Star Canyon #3Another month or so went by after my last conversation with the Old Man. While life got in the way of immediately doing...
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The Absentia Tunnel (Halloween 2013)
(GPS: N34° 09.320 W118° 16.005)It’s time for a movie spot and sort of an unpaid advertisement for an independent movie I think you should see. This is a short interlude from my BSC series which I'll be...
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Investigating The Sinks (Halloween 2013)
(GPS: N33 43.095 W117 40.290) The Sinister Secrets of Black Star Canyon #4Not too long after I visited the Old Man I started getting nauseated almost everyday after eating breakfast. It was affecting...
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The Sentinels of Black Star Canyon (Halloween 2013)
(GPS: N33 47.865 W117 39.350) The Sinister Secrets of Black Star Canyon #5Happy Halloween!I started this series of blogs with a tweet I made on the night of Halloween last year. I think it is time to...
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Hello November! (Black Star Canyon Halloween Postscript)
So now that the Halloween fun is over and we are heading to the brighter holidays I wanted to make a few points in closure before I move on to other things. I was on top of Mt. Baldy about two months...
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Hualapai Hilltop (Arizona Series)
(GPS: N36 09.615 W112 42.595) It looks like I'm not going to be around for Thanksgiving and won't have normal access to the internet so I am going to take care of this series this week. This was a...
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Hiking the Havasupai Trail (Arizona Series)
From the last blog entry on this we descended from the hilltop and headed north to Supai. The hike to the village is a total of eight miles. Although the sun was not out in full yet, the light was...
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The Silence of Supai (Arizona Series)
As we went along the Havasupai Trail it started to get really narrow.You have to be somewhat alert that the pack animals that come quickly around these corners won't plow over you. We never had that...
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Havasu Falls (Arizona Series)
(GPS: N36° 15.305 W112 41.875)While the hike was really fun the major treasure that tourists come to is the falls one can see beyond the village of Supai. We checked into the lodge, but we really could...
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Mooney Falls (Arizona Series)
(GPS: N36° 15.770 W112° 42.530) Time to wrap up my time in Supai, AZ with the Mooney Falls. After getting some rest on a bed at the lodge I went over to the restaurant and had a burger and fries. It...
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Just a quick FYI message.Recently, I've had a bunch of "Backscatter Spam" at my e-mail address where a bunch of messages have come back to me that were sent to e-mail addresses that no longer exist. I...
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A Pretty Good Canyon (Arizona Series)
(GPS: N36° 03.695 W112° 06.480)Happy Thanksgiving!I've scheduled this for Thankgiving, and I'll probably re-edit this whole series some when I get home, but I wanted to get this one up by today.The...
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Let Nature Sing (Merry Christmas 2013)
I have a few videos I just uploaded that I wanted to link here. Having Grit at Hot Creek (Youtube Version)Having Grit at Hot Creek (Vimeo Version)This is an update to a video I did five years ago. I...
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