My Hiking Bonafides

Following are some photos from a few of my many, maaany hikes. It seems like I’ve spent half of my life with a pack on my back. To read a few of the stories that go along with them, head over to my True Stories post.

Note: Click the pic to enlarge.

First, a good breakfast

The vehicle of Choice

Shall we?

An early photo

My Beautiful Daughter

The lake

Another lake

Quicksand escape

A fossil

Lost in the grass (my daughter at 5)

Ruddy My Heart

Red and white oak leaves

A long way to go

A wade in the stream (10 yrs old)

Making a friend

Waterfall!

Hmm

Taking a break

Seen in an abandoned trailer

Do you see it?

Another friend

Mustard Stuck!

Mustard gets a bath

Wild Horses!

Ladybugs!

Adobe Trail

This way

Through wispy Grass

Canyon wall drink

Cold Sierran drink

What? An emu!

Taking it in

A sand dollar from long ago

Musty and the kid (15 yrs old)

At Big Sur

Climbing Point Sal

At the top

Mountaintop in Cuyama valley

A few weeks later

Johnson Trail

West Cuesta Ridge

Ahhh

A bumbler

We find a swing

A Talus Cave

River crossing

Not – one – step – closer!

Uh Oh!

Watched!

Vultures circling us

Now What?

Good to see you!

Lovely hike

Morro Bay estuary (from Cerro Cabrillo)

San Luis, day…

And night

A visit to the past

A private spot

A private lake

A soft silence

Another time

Up the side

More friends

Taking the plunge

Another pool

A lovely spring

A “darling bridge”

Fuchsia Flowered Gooseberry

A sea of flowers

Alone with my thoughts

Into the light

Side trip across Death Valley

Snow!

Beauty

Exploration

The Raging Sea!

Mother Of Pearl

Hello there!

A cave at The Grasslands

Fossiling in The Grasslands

Fossils 1

Fossils 2

Fossils 3

Fossils 4

Fossils 5

Fossils 6

At Sharktooth Hill

Relaxing in Tallgrass

My tent/hammock

With Chaparral

The next generation

Now grown up

Sunset

End of the day

Good night

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