Uphill, both days
I broke one of my own rules this week– even though President’s Day was a company holiday, it sneaked up on me and I didn’t have my act together to make that 3-day weekend into a 4- or 5- day weekend. I still managed to get out for some fresh air though.
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All the layers
What does it take to stay warm for a SAR training in February in the White mountains?
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Winter wonderland
It took a long time this winter, but finally the White Mountains lived up to their name.
On Friday 18 inches of snow fell in the White Mountains. It was cold during the storm and stayed that way through the weekend, which meant that the snow stayed dry and fluffy- a rare condition in the northeast!
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Desert Sunsets
Five days of sunsets from our campsite just outside Joshua Tree. Enjoy.
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Lost Palms Oasis
My favorite hike in Joshua Tree this trip was to Lost Palms Oasis which heads 3.6 miles out across the desert to reach a permanent spring that nourishes a thriving colony of fan palms.
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Strange things in the desert
What do a traveling mud volcano and outsider art have in common? Niland, California. That’s what.
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Designed by Dr. Seuss
I think that I shall never see a more improbable charismatic megaflora than Yucca breviflora, affectionately known as the Joshua Tree.
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Oregon Gothic
My Oregon trail began and ended in the Willamette valley just south of Portland. Our friends were kind enough to offer camper parking at the edge of the tree farm where they live. In normal years, this is the rich green farmland that pioneers braved the Oregon trail to reach.
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Mt. Flume and Mt. Liberty
After the fourth heat wave of the summer, it was a great relief when the weather broke, sending cool though still humid air over the White Mountains. It was finally a nice day for a hike!
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Toad wanted
It’s been a rainy summer, so this year’s crop of forest fungus is spectacular. Why should wildflowers get all the glamor shots when the fruiting bodies of fungi are just as beautiful?
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