I enjoy it when my handful of readers – mostly on Facebook – suggest blogworthy activities. This weekend’s adventure was inspired by a Westways article forwarded to me by friend B. The article described a “weekend walk” taken by a pair of friends last December. It started in Redondo Beach and ended in Topanga Canyon.
December [...]
(a continuation of last week’s post)
I won’t write too much about the Grand Canyon itself because (1) words can’t begin to do it justice and (2) that’s not the focus of this blog. But it was a great weekend of hiking, exploring and relaxing.
For anyone making the trip by train, I recommend the Maswik Lodge. [...]
While this adventure may seem to have a rather tenuous LA connection, there’s actually a pretty solid one. The Super Chief, brought people to Los Angeles when air travel was still an expensive novelty. I’ve always wanted to experience what those rides must have been like. And a Memorial Day trip to the Grand Canyon [...]
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Especially considering that this was a 3-day weekend, I was amazed at how quickly the time flew at camp. Sunday morning came far too quickly.
Once again, we arose at the crack of dawn and gradually assembled in the dining hall. I grabbed a cup of freshly brewed coffee and enjoyed a quiet stroll around camp [...]
The sun has a challenge to reach through the forest canopy to wake up Sturtevant Camp. But our crew was up early in anticipation of a beautiful day of hiking and relaxing in camp. After a hearty breakfast of bagels, eggs, fruit – and the requisite coffee – the campers were free to pursue the [...]
17 miles. That’s all the distance between LA and Sturtevant Camp. Yet I had to map it myself to believe it. For no matter how many times I’ve been there, it’s still hard to grasp that there is such a remote and special place right in LA’s backyard.
I spent this past weekend on a Sierra [...]
