Delaware Water Gap Trip – Part 1
The first two days of the four-day motorcycle trip down to the Delaware Water Gap in PA/NJ.
Mt. Lafayette Hike
Hiked on Friday, June 18, 2010. Co-written by Steve and Jocelyn.
The weather forecast suggested that Friday would be a beautiful day, if a bit warm, so we woke up early and headed up to the White Mountains, with a quick stop to get lunch and snacks on our way.
Vermont Motorcycle Trip
Jocelyn and I took a relatively long motorcycle trip over the weeked, mostly centered around the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont. I ended up doing 411 miles over the weekend, and Jocelyn somewhat less because she had to drive a short bit of the trip to fetch her motorcycle.
[April] North Pack Hike
Rather late in posting, but here are some photos from a North Pack hike we did back in early April.
California Adventure: Day 6
On Sunday morning, we woke up with the sun, and were both pleased to note that temperatures overnight had dipped, but were probably only in the 30s, despite having set up camp at about 6500′ elevation. J had an uncharacteristic burst of morning energy and decided to get up and tromp a bit to a rock she had discovered the day before, to watch the sun rise over the local ridges.
Date: February 15, 2010
Categories: Backpacking, Day Hiking, Field Report, GPS Tracks
California Adventure: Day 5
We woke up in Desert Hot Springs after a night in a hotel, and finalized our decision to head to the San Jacinto mountains and figure out someplace to camp and hike. We loaded up the car, grabbed breakfast at the Salvadoran place again, picked up a few supplies at the grocery store, and hit the road.
California Adventure: Day 4
After a long but fairly comfortable night of sleep, we got up fairly early and struck our camp. Fueled by an energy bar, and lured by the thought of a hot breakfast back at the car, we set off. The morning sun felt good, and the skies were much clearer. We retraced our steps relatively uneventfully, and as we were nearing the last stretch of the hike out, J decided we should explore what looked like an old mine up on the hillside. We scrambled up the crumbling remains of an old mining road, and discovered around six old mine shafts in various states from open-but-sketchy, to bricked off, to incomplete. Unarmed with guide books, we speculated about what they might have been mining. Lots of iron-heavy rocks, near some mines, lots of quartz near others. J thought the quartz was a good sign for gold, and it turned out to have been a gold operation that operated from about 1900 to 1938.
California Adventure: Day 3
Writing this post at the end of day 4… yesterday was our busiest day so far. We woke at Jumbo Rocks campground after a pretty chilly night, probably in the upper or mid 20s. When we got up the first time around 6:15, everything was covered in frost. We stared at the sunrise for a bit and decided to go back to sleep until it warmed up a bit. It was much warmer when we got up the second time, so we set out sleeping bags and tent to dry in the sun while we had a hot breakfast and sorted gear for the day’s adventures.
Date: February 13, 2010
Categories: Backpacking, Day Hiking, Field Report, GPS Tracks
California Adventure: Day 2
Good morning from sunny and cold Joshua Tree National Park! We finally managed to get our act together yesterday and make it out here after many errands. We grabbed breakfast at a little hole in the wall Salvadoran place in DHS and it was incredibly good. We then hit the Stater Bros. Market in the same plaza to pick up food supplies. J had randomly run across an ad for a private observatory, and emailed for more info. Turned out they had an opening for Friday night, so she booked us for an evening of dinner and star gazing. We are both pretty psyched for it!
California Adventure: Day 1
I’m writing this post from the comfort of a warm bed in Desert Hot Springs, CA. Yesterday was basically a very long travel day that started at 4:30 eastern time and didn’t end until after 10pm west coast time. Cars, shuttle buses, a 6hr plane flight from BOS to LAX, more shuttle buses, picking up a rental car, and driving quite a bit… Lots of travel.