Adventure Tramp

  • From glaciers to a valley of fire

    October 10, 2020 by

    I happened upon Valley of Fire State Park right outside of Las Vegas, NV after spending 10 incredibly cold days in Alaska chasing the Northern Lights and any way to stay warm without wearing 40 layers of clothing. It truly was an adventure of a lifetime but I was ready to escape to the desert and ditch a few layers of clothes along the way. Valley of Fire seemed like a perfect… Read more

  • Earth Day Everyday

    May 16, 2020 by

    Earth Day, what does it mean to you? I know Earth Day (and month) already happened this year but appreciating nature is so important to me that I didn’t want to rush posting about it. After all, we should “adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience” as Emerson so wisely said. Earth Day has only been around for 50 years but the wonderful planet that we grace with our presence… Read more

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My second day in San Francisco was almost perfect. I grabbed the continental breakfast at the hotel and hammered out a couple hours of work and then grabbed a lunch special at a Thai place. I then went to see Wild Life, the film about Patagonia and stuffed my face with popcorn 🍿. I followed that with a 10-mile jog in the hills navigating some Cali cows. Then of course, a burger 🍔 😁 Beat my day.
#sadday
I often find myself loving the in betweens. On this in between day on our Patagonia trip we had just finished backpacking the W Circuit and were going to relax and enjoy a night at these dope domes on Lake Pehoe. On the bus to our car we stopped to witness a puma family by the side of the road. Yes, with a wee lil’ one! Then we got to experience the true wind that Patagonia is known for. Since we were super early for check in we hung out at this quaint restaurant/hotel on the water and watched a fox 🦊 steal a bird’s egg. That all happened by lunchtime. Oh yes, the in betweens 🙌.
Long run day! I don’t have much time before the season starts and right now since the road is closed to get into the park from where I live it’s not that much further to just go to the Bay for a few days. So I consulted with Bay local @ericmeyer315 for some epic long trail day suggestions. He was stoked to share with me this itinerary: Stinson Beach to hop on the Dipsea and make my way over to Muir Woods, climb out of that tourist trap to Mt. Tamalpais, dodge some more tourists and then meander my way by any other trails back to the car. Solitude found in the in betweens. 18 miles and countless amounts of flowers later I was happily exhausted at my car that was parked in front of 2 Teslas. That’s hiking in the Bay for you.
Long ‘adventure’ day! It was supposed to be my long run day but I definitely didn’t do that much running. I did get in about 4600 feet of vert, got up to snowline, saw a ridiculous amount of waterfalls, and then got pelted with hail to round out the day. Adventure!
Since access to Yosemite has become even more limited to me recently I’m open to getting out to other trails I might not normally visit. The Columbia Ditch Trail in Twain Harte I’ve actually been to several times and despite it being a man-made canal, I find it quite freaking charming. Would you look at those dogwoods, ducks 🦆, and incense cedars??!!
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