At an Elevation of 6533 feet/ 1991 meters, Hot Springs Mountain has the distinction of being the tallest mountain in San Diego. It tops San Diego’s next highest peak, Cuyamaca Mountain, by a mere twenty one feet. The amazing thing…
What started out as a trip to see Desert Wildflowers quickly turned into one of those trips that looked like it might not happen. First there was the over anxious border patrol agent that hassled me at the Mortero Wash…
The morning fog that was shrouding the coast, finally let up as we dropped down into Santee from the Mission trails summit. We were driving out to Anza Borrego to meet up with our hiking buddy Daren. Our goal was…
What I love about living in San Diego is that I can be walking our dog Diesel on the beach in the morning and an hour and a half later be on a snow covered road about to drop down…
I had barely rinsed off the dirt and dust from our Thanksgiving trip to Carrizo Gorge, when we found ourselves heading back out to Anza Borrego to meet up with a couple friends for a day hike. Our destination this…
Our search for the mysterious Solstice Cave in the Anza Borrego Desert
Exploring the Carrizo Gorge area of the Anza Borrego Desert in the summer
Spring hike to the famous Goat Canyon Trestle in Carrizo Gorge
Tucked away in the Anza Borrego Desert State Park is a place that seems to have more similarities with moon, or at least what I would imagine the moon to look like. Arroyo Tapiado or “Mud Wall Wash” is an…
Deep in the rugged expanse of Carrizo Gorge in the Anza Borrego desert, there is a small cave of pictographs that few have ever seen. The area is surrounded by large unstable mountains, choked with catclaw, and littered with large…
I signed Mary and I up for a day trip with the Anza-Borrego Foundation to Harper Cabin in the central part of the Anza Borrego Desert. My reasoning for signing up for an organized tour was two-fold. First the hike…
Mary and I left early Sunday for a day trip out to Anza Borrego. Our destination was Piedras Grandes in the southern end of the park. While Saturday’s heavy rains had dissuaded us from doing an overnight trip, Sunday had…