I was just about to sit down to write this post. Sitting in the truck, I could see that Adam was trying to get my attention. “A chipmunk!” I smiled and said, “Yeah, they’re cute aren’t they? I saw one earlier.” Then he says, “He’s eating your hot chocolate!” This is, of course, typical. I’d [...]
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Greetings from Lone Pine
Posted in Hikes, Travel, tagged backpacking, lone pine, sierra nevada on July 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Two more days!
Posted in Hikes, iPhone, Travel, tagged backpacking, camping, iphone, wordpress app on July 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Writing this post from my iPhone seems a bit silly. I’m sitting at my desk with a full sized keyboard literally inches away. But, for whatever reason, I feel the need to “test out” my iPhone to see if this is really a realistic way to write a blog post (using the WordPress app). Some [...]
Preparations
Posted in Hikes, Travel, tagged backpacking, geography, hiking, sierra nevada on July 12, 2011 | 2 Comments »
One week from now, I’ll be driving up highway 395 to embark on a backpacking trip through the beautiful, rugged Sierra Nevada. Nine of us will be going together, eight nerdy geographers and our nature-crazed professor. A few of us have backpacking down to a science, some of us have only day-hiked and car-camped, and [...]
WHOOOO HOOOOOOOO!
Posted in Hikes, Persian, Tajikistan, Travel, tagged glacial lake, hiking, Iskanderkul, mountains, Tajikistan, travel, waterfall on July 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A country that is 93% mountainous is definitely my kind of country. I can’t think of a place that I’ve been yet that hasn’t had a 360 degree view of mountains. Our trip this past weekend to Iskanderkul was certainly no exception to that rule! Iskanderkul is a glacial lake that is one of the [...]
