Sally and I headed up to Saddlebag Lake in the Tioga Pass Area for 4 days of camping, fishing and hiking. We had darn near perfect weather and I even spent some time trying to locate some of the old mining roads in the area.

This is a subject I’ve had the opportunity to learn a good deal about in the last year. I most certainly have more to learn, but I would like to share what I know. I’ve come to understand that how and when you repot your plants can make a very big difference in how your plants thrive. Making sure you’re ...

Outside our North Fork home. How to raise a family. Mr. bluebird is looking good. (Apologies for anthropomorphizing. Can’t resist)

When I am hiking in the Tioga Pass area, I always look for those unique peaks that serve as landmarks and Mount Conness is one of those, but I have never been to its top. When a hiking buddy mentioned backpacking to it via Young Lakes, I jumped at the chance.

We walked in the footsteps of the miners who had occupied this land back in the 1870’s and 1880’s on this hike, with misty clouds drifting in and out along the trail and views. Hiking up to the Ghost Town of Dana City located in the Tioga Pass is a whole different hike in different seasons and weather. I had ...

I wanted to escape the heat and smoke, so since Mom and I were headed to Corvallis, Oregon for a Family Reunion, we decided to add a day to the trip and take a drive to the Central Oregon Coast for some cool weather. It was a good call!

I’m noticing some people are struggling this time of year with their house plants. I’ve been able to figure that they are watering correctly, misting if need be and the lighting is right so it had to be something else. What I’ve realized is that due to the heat, the poor air quality due to smoke and the need to ...

I headed back up to Dana Lakes with some friends and one of our party hiked up to Dana Glacier while I sat and watched those clouds roll by, casting beautiful reflections in the high mountain lakes. I thought you might like to see those pretty clouds.

We have a very special grove of Giant Sequoias close to Oakhurst called Nelder Grove, and a new and much improved website is now up and running. You can access the website at http://www.neldergrove.org. You can also download the interpretive guide with an easy click of the mouse, along with maps, trails, and other interesting wildlife, plant and historical information ...

White, orange, yellow, blue, and purple flowers showed off for us on this hike. Some were striped and some had dots. We also saw bugs and butterflies flitting around the flowers. We even saw young bucks still in velvet and we almost got hit by a mob of turkeys while flying home. What a nice hike that was close by ...