Hike Shannon to Smoketree Pt with Kai.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 42 minutes.
Downtown loop taking 36 minutes.
Canyon Corridor lap taking 41 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 44 minutes.
Hike Shannon to Smoketree Pt taking 1 hour 10 minutes.
Downtown loop taking 34 minutes.
Andreas Hills out-and-back taking 48 minutes.
Hike Garstin lollipop taking 1 hour 12 minutes. Nice day.
Hike North Lykken taking 1 hour 10 minutes.
Tollgate/city loop taking 52 minutes.
Hike South Lykken taking 50 minutes.
Hiking at Port Gamble Heritage Park (Washington) with Wen, Kai, Sarah, and Kepa.
Hiking at Kitsap Heritage Park (Washington) with Wen, Kai, Sarah, and Kepa.
Short Araby hike taking 55 minutes.
Las Palmas loop taking 50 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 42 minutes.
Hike Middle Lykken to Meditation Pt. Large band of sheep near trail. Counted 16 members. Some head butting going on.
Hike Garstin to west peak taking 56 minutes.
City loop taking 54 minutes.
Hike Black Mtn trail for tower closing with Michael Duval and Tex. Almost 3 hour hike time up. Slower than i would have done alone. Got a ride down from tower with Pam and Ray.
Hike Palm Canyon, Dry Wash, Vandeventer loop taking 2 hours 40 minutes.
Hike Henderson trail then back via wash.
Little Tuscany loop taking 55 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 38 minutes.
Hike Oswit Canyon to boulder. Warm day.
Hike Araby taking 1 hour 20 minutes. Picked up more TP than usual. People are shit. Literally.
Hike South Lykken taking 48 minutes.
Las Palmas loop taking 47 minutes.
Tollgate/downtown loop taking 56 minutes.
Hike North Lykken taking 1 hour 10 minutes.
Hike Middle Lykken taking 1 hour 18 minutes.
Downtown loop taking 34 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 42 minutes.
Hike Shannon to Smoketree Pt taking 1 hour 10 minutes.
Hike Garstin lollipop taking 1 hour 15 minutes.
City loop taking 50 minutes.
Hike South Lykken taking 49 minutes.
Hike Palm Canyon, Vandeventer, Wentworth loop via Potato Head Wash taking 2 hours 4 minutes. Bit warm 88° at end.
Hike North Lykken taking 1 hour 10 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 44 minutes.
City loop taking 51 minutes.
Hike Middle Lykken taking 1 hour 15 minutes. Windy day.
Hike Descanso taking 1 hour 8 minutes. My skull remains in place.
Hike Garstin taking 1 hour 8 minutes. Give Gatorade to homeless guy at trailhead.
Las Palmas loop taking 44 minutes.
Canyon Corridor lap taking 43 minutes.
Hike Oswit Canyon to first stream crossing.
Hike Araby taking 1 hour 22 minutes.
Hike North Lykken taking 1 hour 10 minutes.
Drive to Anza-Borrego late morning planning a two night camping trip. Red Earth for ice and beer. Stop at Truckhaven. Sardines for lunch along Fonts Wash. Arrive Ella Wash site 2:15p, 88 miles, 82°. Recent water through wash kind of messed up my campsite. More rocky now. Seems more dead smoketrees and ocotillos too. AB isn't like it once was nor do i enjoy it the same way i once did. Sad. Clear but windy afternoon. Move to Arroyo Salado at 5p hoping for a bit of wind protection. Sunset 6:16p, 71°. Still too windy. At 7:30p decide to drive home. 162 miles for trip.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 46 minutes.
Abbreviated Middle Lykken hike taking 54 minutes. Muggy weather.
Hike South Lykken taking 53 minutes.
Hike Shannon to Smoketree Pt taking 1 hour 14 minutes.
City loop taking 39 minutes.
Canyon Corridor lap taking 41 minutes.
Hike South Ridge to Tahquitz Peak. 1 hour 43 minutes hike time up, 1 hour 22 minutes down. Chat with Colin Smith at tower. I wasn't on-duty today.
Hike Garstin taking 1 hour 12 minutes. Chat with Diane.
Hike Araby taking 1 hour 20 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 41 minutes.
Little Tuscany loop taking 1 hour 1 minute.
Hike Middle Lykken to the tables taking 1 hour 26 minutes.
Hike North Lykken lollipop taking 1 hour 22 minutes.
Hike Shannon to Smoketree Pt taking 1 hour 15 minutes.
City loop taking 42 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 42 minutes.
Hike South Lykken.
Hike Garstin lollipop taking 1 hour 16 minutes.
Bogert Trail out-and-back taking 41 minutes. Only a bit of water flowing at the bridge after last night's heavy downpour. No water at Araby crossing.
Downtown loop taking 39 minutes. Muggy.
Canyon Corridor lap taking 40 minutes.
Hike tramway to Wellman Divide taking 1 hour 30 minutes. Last tramway hike of the summer.
Hike Devil's Slide to Tahquitz Peak. Work AM shift 8a to 1p. 2 hours hike time up, 1 hour 40 minutes down.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 44 minutes.
Hike tramway High Trail loop (CCW). 4.2 miles taking 1 hour 57 minutes.
Downtown loop taking 47 minutes.
South Lykken taking 55 minutes.
Hike Garstin to west peak taking 58 minutes.
City loop taking 49 minutes.
Hike tramway Long Valley loop to retrieve reflector.
Hike tramway Long Valley loop. Place reflector near Grubb's Notch.
Hike Shannon to retrieve reflector.
Early morning hike up Middle Lykken just to the waterfall view taking 1 hour 10 minutes.
Foothill, Sierra Madre, Colorado loop taking 45 minutes.
Hike Chantry Flat to Hoegee's Camp via Upper Winter Creek trail then back on the lower trail. Nice loop. 4.3 miles per GPS taking 1 hour 56 minutes. I think actual distance closer to 5 miles.
Hike Shannon to plaque again to relocate reflector to a better position.
Hike Shannon trail to plaque to place reflector.
City loop taking 42 minutes.
Hike tramway High Trail loop (CW). 4.2 miles taking 1 hour 47 minutes. Hip joint bothering me a bit.
Canyon Corridor loop taking 42 minutes.
Early morning South Lykken hike taking 51 minutes.
Canyon Corridor loop taking 31 minutes.
Tollgate/city loop taking 56 minutes.
My annual tramway hike to Mini Cache Two and then to Mini Cache One.
Hike Devil's Slide to Tahquitz Peak. Work AM shift 9a to 2p. 2 hours hike time up, 1 hour 42 minutes down. Bit warm coming down in mid-afternoon.
Early morning hike up Shannon trail taking 1 hour 18 minutes.
City loop taking 40 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 52 minutes.
Hike tramway High Trail loop (CW). 4.8 miles taking 2 hours. Only one other person on 11:40a tramcar down!
Tollgate out-and-back taking 46 minutes.
Early morning hike up Garstin trail taking 1 hour 12 minutes.
Early morning hike up Araby trail taking 1 hour 22 minutes.
Las Palmas loop taking 47 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 45 minutes.
Hike South Ridge to Tahquitz Peak. 1 hour 42 minutes hike time up, 1 hour 30 minutes down. Work tower with Jon King. 6.9 earthquake in Ridgecrest felt at tower.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 45 minutes.
Early morning hike up South Lykken taking 52 minutes.
City loop taking 47 minutes.
Downtown loop taking 45 minutes.
Hike tramway to San Jacinto Peak. Hike most of way with James Meier as he was on same 8a tramcar. 9.45 miles taking 4 hours 25 minutes hiking time. 2 hours 20 minutes to summit hut with an overall time of around 5 and a half hours. Nice day on the trail but tramway quite busy.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 44 minutes.
Hike Fuller Ridge to Castle Rocks and hike out with Jon King (SanJacJon.com) after his 24th consecutive summiting of SJP.
Tollgate and Andreas Hills taking 52 minutes.
Hike Middle Lykken to picnic tables taking 1 hour 25 minutes.
Hike Shannon to Smoketree Pt taking 1 hour 18 minutes.
Early morning hike up South Lykken taking 50 minutes.
Little Tuscany loop taking 53 minutes.
Canyon Corridor laps (2) taking 55 minutes.
Hike tramway to Wellman Divide then back via High Trail. 6.1 miles taking 2 hours 50 minutes.
Early morning hike up North Lykken taking 1 hour 14 minutes.
Early morning hike up Araby trail taking 1 hour 25 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 40 minutes.
City loop taking 51 minutes.
Hike tramway to Hidden Lake then High Trail to Round Valley and back on main trail. Hidden Lake is full for the first time in a decade. Also the Round Valley creek is flowing very well. 5.8 miles taking 2 hours 30 minutes.
Hike South Lykken.
Hike Shannon to Smoketree Pt taking 1 hour 13 minutes.
City loop taking 49 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 47 minutes.
Hike Desert Divide from Humber Park to Zen Center with Jon King (SanJacJon.com). Lots of down trees on PCT. Boulder blocking trail north of Antsell Rock a bit exposed to get around. I would not have attempted had i not been with Jon. Exit via the Apple Canyon (Zen Center) trail. Trail quite hard to follow in places but faster than our planned Spitler trail exit. 12.3 miles taking about 7 hours total time including snack breaks.
Hike Garstin lollipop taking 1 hour 18 minutes. Chat with Diane.
Andreas Hills out-and-back taking 46 minutes.
City loop taking 54 minutes.
Hike Middle Lykken trail taking 1 hour 20 minutes. Little band of bighorn just north of the vista point. I kind of spooked them when i came up to the ridge. Weather overcast and cool.
Hike North Lykken trail.
City loop taking 45 minutes.
Hike Black Mtn trail for tower opening. Trail in pretty bad shape. 2 hours hike time up, 1 hour 30 minutes down.
Hike South Lykken taking 46 minutes.
Hike Henderson trail then back via wash. Feeling a bit run down this morning.
City loop taking 57 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 46 minutes.
Hike Oswit Canyon to boulder. Some stagnant water in the stone pools. Foxtail seeds very annoying.
Hike Araby trail taking 1 hour 20 minutes.
Hike Garstin to Smoketree Mtn taking 1 hour 8 minutes.
Little Tuscany loop taking 56 minutes.
Andreas Hills out-and-back taking 45 minutes.
Hike North Lykken trail.
Hike Middle Lykken trail taking 1 hour 15 minutes. Nice little band of bighorn just above trail at the shady corner.
Hike South Lykken taking 48 minutes.
City loop taking 48 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 44 minutes.
Hike Shannon trail taking 1 hour 15 minutes. Warming up.
Trip to Japan with Wen visiting Tokyo and Kyoto.
City loop taking 49 minutes.
Hike Shannon trail taking 1 hour 15 minutes. All the foxtails gone to seed.
Hike Garstin to Smoketree Mtn taking 1 hour 10 minutes.
Downtown loop taking 46 minutes.
Andreas Hills out-and-back taking 44 minutes.
Hike North Lykken taking 1 hour 10 minutes. Lupine all gone to seed.
Hike South Lykken taking 50 minutes.
Hike Middle Lykken taking 1 hour 20 minutes.
City loop taking 39 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 47 minutes.
Hike Araby trail taking 1 hour 15 minutes.
Hike Shannon trail taking 1 hour 15 minutes.
Hike Descanso trail. Hide skull in little cubby hole along trail. Lower section of trail damaged from last month's rains.
Canyon Corridor laps (3) taking 58 minutes.
Little Tuscany loop taking 59 minutes.
Hike Garstin to Smoketree Mtn taking 1 hour 10 minutes.
Hike Oswit Canyon to second stream crossing. Water flowing through the stone pools but not at either stream crossing. Lots and lots of brome. Ugh.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 42 minutes.
Hike east from Cathedral Canyon with Jim Stephens. Wildflowers at peak bloom. 6 miles taking 2 hours 40 minutes.
Hike North Lykken lollipop taking 1 hour 18 minutes. Bright clear cool day with lots of lupine and not much mustard. Only a few cars at trailhead and not many hikers on trail. Except for one annoying guy playing loud music with an agressive dog.
Hike Shannon trail taking 1 hour 20 minutes.
Hike South Lykken taking 52 minutes. Lots of people on trail.
City loop taking 33 minutes.
City loop taking 52 minutes. Flat tire (front) at 9 miles.
Hike Garstin lollipop taking 1 hour 20 minutes. Very windy day but almost no mustard!
Hike Shannon trail doing more pulling and spraying taking 1 hour 30 minutes.
Hike Middle Lykken taking 1 hour 15 minutes. Lots of people on trail plus one big group.
Joshua Tree National Park day trip to Cottonwood bajada wildflowers with Wen, Kai and Sarah. Pretty much at peak bloom.
City loop taking 45 minutes.
Hike Shannon trail pulling and spraying taking almost 2 hours.
Hike Garstin lollipop taking 1 hour 25 minutes. Mustard not too bad. Maybe my efforts from prior years is finally paying off. Lots of people, 4 horses, and 1 dog on trail.
Hike Araby trail pulling and spraying taking 52 minutes. Losing battle.
Hike South Lykken taking 52 minutes.
City loop taking 44 minutes.
Hike Shannon trail taking 1 hour 15 minutes. Pull up a bit of mustard along middle section.
Hike Oswit Canyon to upper stream crossing. Good flow of water at the upper crossing and through the stone pools. Even a small flow at the lower crossing.
Ride cut short by flat tire 4 miles out. 31 minutes.
City loop checking flood damage taking 54 minutes.
Heavy rain all day receiving approx 4" at home. All washes are flowing heavily.
Hike North Lykken taking 1 hour 12 minutes. A group from the Friends of the Desert Mountains was doing some trail work and graffiti eradication. Thank you!
Hike Middle Lykken taking 1 hour 15 minutes.
Hike to my Cahuilla (GC3D4) geocache in Oswit Canyon.
Hike to Oswit Canyon pictographs.
Hike Garstin trail to West Pt taking 55 minutes.
City loop taking 41 minutes.
Work on removing some Shannon trail graffiti with Andy Hollinger's help.
Hike South Lykken from Oswit through to Mesquite taking 1 hour 48 minutes car-to-car. Lots of people on trail near the start but had trail mostly to myself later on. Nice hike.
Hike Shannon trail to Smoketree Pt taking 1 hour 12 minutes. Mustard so far not too bad this year.
Andreas Hills out-and-back taking 46 minutes.
City loop taking 47 minutes.
Hike Palm Canyon, Wentworth, Vandeventer loop via Potato Head Wash taking 2 hours. Beautiful bright clear day. No other hikers on the loop although the canyon was busy.
Hike South Lykken taking 49 minutes.
Hike North Lykken lollipop taking 1 hour 16 minutes. Breezy and a bit cool. Hardly anyone on trail.
Little Tuscany loop taking 55 minutes.
Tollgate out-and-back taking 47 minutes.
Hike Araby trail taking 1 hour 18 minutes. Need to spray again.
Hike Middle Lykken to Tahquitz Pt in the fog taking 1 hour 18 minutes. Small band of sheep at the point.
City loop taking 57 minutes. Feels good to be on bike again.
Hike Garstin trail to Smoketree Mtn taking 1 hour 11 minutes.
Hike Shannon trail to Smoketree Pt taking 1 hour 8 minutes.
Hike Descanso trail to Lykken and back. First hike of 2019. Feels good to be out hiking after being sick.
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