Note: I intend to cover some hikes and trips that I did before the launch of this blog. Hence the “backtracking” title. The plan: Galena Creek Trail. Church’s Pond, from the Galena Creek Center off Mount Rose Highway. Per Mike White, the full loop is a “difficult” 10-mile jaunt, up Jones Creek canyon to a ridgeline – where the spur trail leads off to Church’s Pond – and down the north side of the ridge through Whites Creek canyon. Hiked…
May 15, 2016 The plan: A stretch of the Tahoe Rim Trail on the east side of the lake, heading south from Spooner Summit to South Camp Peak. Per Mike White, a 10.4-mile out-and-back to the plateau of South Camp Peak, yielding some of the best views of Lake Tahoe. — This marked the first day hike of the spring with Shannon, the one for whom I have forsaken all others. The weather was perfect – sunshine but a little…
This is Moose. Moose is a mutt (lab, pit and whoknowswhat) that we adopted from the Nevada Humane Society at about eight weeks of age in the fall of 2014. When he was about four months old, we took him on his first hike – the Hunter Creek Falls trail on the outskirts of Reno. Since then, if hiking or camping, he’s alongside. As I’ve re-discovered and explored more and more of the Reno-Tahoe area, and beyond, I decided to…