Nov. 1-3, 2018 The Plan: Backpack the Lost Coast Trail in the King Range of northern California Nearly three years ago, Shannon and I set off in the early morning hours from Reno for the Lost Coast Trail, a remote stretch of coastline in the King Range National Conversation Area in northern California. With us, friends Krista and Steph, and pup named Moose. It was January. We hadn’t done a ton of planning and were relying on Krista’s previous experience…
September 3, 2017 The Plan: Whitewater rafting trip on the South Fork of the American River. Some 12 years ago or so, Shannon took an incredible travel-trailer trip with her family from Reno up through Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks and then up to Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. I couldn’t get the time off of work to join them on the three-week venture and am still kind of bummed that I missed it. Another time perhaps….
Aug. 11, 2017 The Plan: Reach the summit of Mt. Whitney, the highest point in the contiguous 48 states at 14,505 feet. A few years ago, Shannon and I took the kids on a trip to Southern California via Highway 395 south out of Reno. This is one of the great drives in America, running north-south along the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada. From Reno headed south, you run through the awesome Walker River canyon, can pop over…
Aug. 13, 2016 The plan: The lookout atop the Sierra Buttes in the Plumas National Forest. There’s a few routes here from different places. We were camping at Sardine Lake for the weekend with friends and decided to attack it from the Packer Lake saddle, near the top of the famed mountain bike trail that heads into Downieville. I have been homebrewing for more than five years now and thoroughly enjoy the hobby, especially from a creativity standpoint. As…
July 16, 2016 The plan: Lakes Basin Loop outside of Graeagle, Calif., starting at the Round Lake trailhead, connection with the Pacific Crest Trail and looping back via near Mud Lake/Long Lake. Approximately eight miles and 1,500 feet of elevation gain. After the Mt. Elwell hike that Shannon and I did back in June, I had been itching to get back up to the Plumas National Forest and the Lakes Basin area. This had been on the to-do list…