Arroyo
Seco
Arroyo Seco is
a not-so-dry creek in the western San Gabriel Mountains,
above Pasadena, California. A tributary of the Los Angeles River, the
arroyo provides a beautiful though sometimes rugged hike into the
southern face of the mountains.
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House
Van Norman
In A.D. 2002, after
nearly five years of
apartment
life, we purchased our first house. Our transition
from
renters to “owners” has been both exciting and a little scary. Here is
the story of our home.
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Joshua
Tree
Joshua Tree
National Park will always hold a special place in my heart.
Several times a year, the remnants of Section 8 of the Sierra Club’s
old
Basic Mountaineering Training Course (BMTC) still assemble for a
weekend
of climbing, hiking, and partying in the high desert of southern
California.
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Sandstone
Peak
For our first
significant hike after September 11th, we set out for
Sandstone Peak. I was still brooding over my shattered world view, but
wandering through the arid stillness of the Santa Monica Mountains, I
found
some measure of solace. Civilizations may fall, but life goes on.
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Santiago
Oaks
Tucked away in
the western foothills of the Santa Ana Mountains is
Santiago
Oaks Regional Park. Not very well-known, the park is rarely crowded and
preserves a little piece of wilderness in the urban heart of Orange
County.
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Volcan Mountain
Near Julian in
northern San Diego County, Volcan Mountain is a ridge that vaguely
resembles a volcanic peak from certain angles. It provided our
four-year-old daughter with her first significant hike.
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