Can’t believe January came and went already. Here is my January wrap up. Overall I have been managing to keep my mileage up and have also made some progress on planning out the remainder of the year. The weather has been really mild up until recently when winter decided to show up. The snow, wind and cold has been a […]
Well half way into January already and I figured I would recap how things are shaping up so far. I feel like taking the time to write out how my training has been going is a good way to keep myself accountable. I am also always open to thoughts and ideas from others so feel free to shoot me an […]
Well, 2020 was a tough year but one positive thing that came out of it was that I moved to a full work from home schedule indefinitely. What this means for me is that I no longer spend 3+ hours of each day commuting, which is a massive time savings. With all the free time I was able to commit […]
New year, new blog! (not really, but rebranded is new enough right) Over the past couple of years my attention to this blog has been sporadic at best as other aspects of life took my focus. I would think to myself often that I should write more but the motivation just wasn’t there. I think I lost sight of why […]
Hiking stats at a glance: ~14.8 miles ~4,000 ft elevation gain 2 High Peaks – Mount Colvin 4,081 ft and Blake Peak 3,970 ft ~9 hrs (Parking lot to Parking lot) Unfortunately my GPS watch decided to run out of batteries before the end of the day and it did not save any of the information that was tracked […]
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is an urban park located in the Fisherman’s Wharf neighborhood. The park is geared towards historical exploration of our nations maritime history and offers visitors the sights, sounds, smells and stories of Pacific Coast maritime history. The primary attraction of the park is its magnificent fleet of historic ships, Maritime Museum, Maritime Research Center, […]
Humboldt Redwood State Park is a smaller park located approximately 75 miles south of the Redwood National and State Parks. It was originally not a part we even thought we would stop at but on our drive south from Redwoods National Park to San Francisco we needed to make a pit stop and saw restrooms advertised on the highway so […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Total Mileage = ~3.5 miles Elevation Gain = ~200 feet Trailhead = Big Tree Wayside These posts are beginning to get more and more delayed on account of real life busyness but I am determined to make sure they all get out into the world! After heading inland to check out Crater Lake amidst […]
Hiking stats at a glance: Total Mileage = ~9.3 miles Elevation Gain = ~2,031 feet Trailhead = Lake Skannatati Total Time = 2.5 hours I have come to really enjoy coming to Harriman State Park for short work out runs/hikes and this particular day was no different. I decided to do a similar route to the last hike […]
After driving through literally almost 100 miles of smoke we arrived at the edges of Crater Lake National Park. Despite the smokey setting there will still quite a few cars coming and going from the park. As we drove in we stopped at a small overlook along the road before continuing on our way up to the rim of the […]
Operation Hiking 