Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
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Dec 13, 2025 - 11:34am
A group of us went up into the Indio Hills Badlands Trail early this morning.
I was the oldest one there. BUT not the worst performer!
I used to race my motorcycle out there and off road in my truck back when it was open land. Fun times.
They closed it all off when Prop 13 passed and they shut down the landfills on the weekends and idiots would go dump their crap out there. Thanks.
Then they put a golf course into a partial area about the same time.
No more fun for the evil off- roaders. Thanks.
Our destination- 6 miles into the bowels of the San Anderas Fault...
A view towards my house... middle, 1/4 down from top, base of shadowed foothill.
Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA Gender:
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Sep 7, 2025 - 9:10am
KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
Dave... neighborhood watch guy!
I did contact the police and they did know about it. They said some youngster wiped out his mom's car. The roads are very narrow and winding and there is a unwritten law here that cars have to go twice the speed limit and motorcycles go 3 times it. He was lucky it didn't happen a hundred meters up the hill as he would have ended up in someones living room instead.
Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
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Sep 7, 2025 - 8:56am
DaveInSaoMiguel wrote:
I just got back from my moanin' walk and spotted this about 30 feet down an embankment just beyond my property. And yes its sitting on its side. No one inside. I guess someone partied to hearty last night, I wonder if they will remember where they parked their car when they awaken today?
I guess I will call the Police in case they don't know about it yet...
Location: No longer in a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA Gender:
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Sep 7, 2025 - 7:59am
I just got back from my moanin' walk and spotted this about 30 feet down an embankment just beyond my property. And yes its sitting on its side. No one inside. I guess someone partied to hearty last night, I wonder if they will remember where they parked their car when they awaken today?
I guess I will call the Police in case they don't know about it yet...
Three day hike in the Swiss Alps with my eldest son, crossing a pass into Italy for lunch on the second day (well, why wouldn't you?). Great weather, firm snow, 10,000' peaks all around.
Hardly anybody around as it is still officially pre-season and the huts aren't staffed. So we made a fire, boiled spring water and went to bed early to get warm. Fantastic trip, starting from a small village in Switzerland and hiking all day up to a lonesome hut, before crossing the pass on the second day, before coming back again, climbing a peak in the morning to catch the sunrise.
Three day hike in the Swiss Alps with my eldest son, crossing a pass into Italy for lunch on the second day (well, why wouldn't you?). Great weather, firm snow, 10,000' peaks all around.
Hardly anybody around as it is still officially pre-season and the huts aren't staffed. So we made a fire, boiled spring water and went to bed early to get warm. Fantastic trip, starting from a small village in Switzerland and hiking all day up to a lonesome hut, before crossing the pass on the second day, before coming back again, climbing a peak in the morning to catch the sunrise.
Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
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Jun 3, 2025 - 9:21pm
NoEnzLefttoSplit wrote:
Three day hike in the Swiss Alps with my eldest son, crossing a pass into Italy for lunch on the second day (well, why wouldn't you?). Great weather, firm snow, 10,000' peaks all around.
Hardly anybody around as it is still officially pre-season and the huts aren't staffed. So we made a fire, boiled spring water and went to bed early to get warm. Fantastic trip, starting from a small village in Switzerland and hiking all day up to a lonesome hut, before crossing the pass on the second day, before coming back again, climbing a peak in the morning to catch the sunrise.
ha, yeah it was a bit similar to that, but we had a more favourable weather window and were a bit later in the year. Our hut was a massive stone building with 53 bunks (all empty apart from 3 Belgians who turned up) and enough wood to make a decent fire and boil up 20 litres of spring water for cooking/drinking. I thought of buying crampons before we left but didn't in the end and the snow was soft enough without too many patches of ice so we didn't need them.
Three day hike in the Swiss Alps with my eldest son, crossing a pass into Italy for lunch on the second day (well, why wouldn't you?). Great weather, firm snow, 10,000' peaks all around.
Hardly anybody around as it is still officially pre-season and the huts aren't staffed. So we made a fire, boiled spring water and went to bed early to get warm. Fantastic trip, starting from a small village in Switzerland and hiking all day up to a lonesome hut, before crossing the pass on the second day, before coming back again, climbing a peak in the morning to catch the sunrise.
Three day hike in the Swiss Alps with my eldest son, crossing a pass into Italy for lunch on the second day (well, why wouldn't you?). Great weather, firm snow, 10,000' peaks all around.
Hardly anybody around as it is still officially pre-season and the huts aren't staffed. So we made a fire, boiled spring water and went to bed early to get warm. Fantastic trip, starting from a small village in Switzerland and hiking all day up to a lonesome hut, before crossing the pass on the second day, before coming back again, climbing a peak in the morning to catch the sunrise.
My son organized a three day camping/kayak/ hiking trip to Santa Cruz Island for a few friends... and my granddaughter too..
We just got back yesterday.
We all had a great time doing all we could cram into those three days and two nights.
Not part of the hikes... we did a lot of kayaking...
We explored quite a few of the many caves on the island.
This one was a challenge. You had to wait to time the swells so it would drop enough to clear a slot through...
My son organized a three day camping/kayak/ hiking trip to Santa Cruz Island for a few friends... and my granddaughter too..
We just got back yesterday.
We all had a great time doing all we could cram into those three days and two nights.
A few pictures of one of the hikes I did to Potato Landing...
Not part of the hikes... we did a lot of kayaking...
We explored quite a few of the many caves on the island.
This one was a challenge. You had to wait to time the swells so it would drop enough to clear a slot through...
Looks like a good time. Is that just morning mist in some of the pics or wildfire smoke?
