On Wednesday, March 26th, after saying farewell to Rick and Lynn Hannay, the four of us, Bob, Ralph and Dawn White and myself, climbed into the jeep and headed out on another hike to Mecca Hills and the Painted Canyon. We arrived at the end of a dirt road to the trailhead around noon and…
Category: California
Indian Canyons, Palm Springs CA
On March 23 we joined Ralph and Dawn White along with Bob Ogilvie to spend a day hiking in the Indian Canyons area. As early as the 1890’s Palm Springs and the surrounding area have been described as a recreation oasis, the Indian Canyons are listed in the National Register Historic Places. Palm Canyon the…
El Capitan Open Space Preserve, Lakeside CA
On Friday, March 7th, it was time to challenge our fitness level and attack El Cajon Mountain (El Capitan) a 12 mile round trip strenuous hike with over 4300 feet of elevation gain. Located near Lakeside only about 30 minutes from Santee we arrived around 10am and parked at the trailhead parking lot and started up…
Mount Woodson, Poway CA
On Tuesday March 4th we headed up to beautiful Lake Poway Recreation Area that sits amid eucalyptus groves and Southern California chaparral to hike up Mt Woodson. The lake serves as a power supply for Poway residents, and since 1972 has also been one of Poway’s best recreation spots. The lake has 2.5 miles of shoreline…
Santa Ysabel Preserve and Julian CA
February 25, Tuesday, it is time to start training for our hike to Everest Base Camp. We cannot train for the altitude but we can start getting our legs ready, so we went to the Santa Ysabel Preserve https://repicjourney.com/?p=1274 just north of Julian, to do a 7 mile hike. We drove about an hour from Santee…
San Diego Marine Museum and the USS Midway
On Jan 31st, we boarded the USS Midway, picked up the self-guided audio tour to help us explore this floating city at sea. We went below to see the engine room, the ship’s jail and the crew’s sleeping quarters. Bob had to bend down to walk through the hallways, sailors must all be pretty short….
Eric’s MBA Graduation from University of San Francisco
We arrived in San Francisco on Friday, Dec 13th, in time for Eric’s Graduation Ceremony for his MBA from the University of San Francisco. The ceremony was held at the old St Ignatius church with it’s magnificant interior spaces. He worked very hard for 16 months to come to this moment on the stage with…
Trip Up Coastal Highway 1
Sunday, Dec 8th we left Palm Creek Resort in Casa Grande, Arizona at 7AM and headed for San Diego where we are setting down roots for 4 months, waiting for the arrival of our first grand baby. We went to visit Kevin and Ericka after we arrived spending the evening with them in Del Mar…
John Muir Trail – Piute Pass to Whitney Portal
Amidst the whispering pines and the backdrop of the Sierra Nevada’s rugged magnificence, I along with my wife Patty and our son Kevin stood at the threshold of an adventure that promised to test our mettle: backpacking the southern half of the John Muir Trail. Stretching from Piute Pass to the summit of Mount Whitney,…