Outdoor Travel Geek

Month: May 2013

  • lake natoma trails

    Yesterday afternoon I went to a barbecue for one of my exchange student friends who was leaving Davis. She had prepared an amazing array of food and invited a whole bunch of her exchange student friends. And afterwards we went for round 2 of desserts and drinks. One thing I noticed, everytime I hang out…

  • tilden regional park

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    Today I went out to Tilden Regional Park near Berkeley to hike with a group from the south bay. When I looked at the trail maps of the area earlier this week, I noticed that some of the trails were open to mountain biking. It’s been a while since I’ve ridden my mountain bikes, so…

  • strawberry fields 2013

    Of all the century rides I’ve done, the Strawberry Fields Forever ride in Watsonville is probably my favorite. This Sunday was my fourth time doing the ride. This year I did the ride with Ray, Richard, and Kiefer, and we decided to camp the night before. Originally I had planned to book a campsite at…

  • auburn test ride

    This weekend Specialized Bicycles had a demo day at my favorite trail network, the Auburn Confluence recreational area. Even though it’s my favorite trail network, I haven’t been out there in a while, mostly because I haven’t been mountain biking much lately. So it was nice spending the day out there with Geo and Kiefer.…

  • outdoor textures

    I am much better at capturing photographs than catching fish. (It’s not that I’m a good photographer, it’s just that I’m a terrible fisherman.) So while this past weekend was a fishing trip, I actually spent more time using my camera than my fishing pole. And it’s been a while since I’ve done a 7shots…

  • hat creek

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    My friend Joe and I have been talking about doing a fishing trip to Lassen for a couple of years now. We finally made it happen this weekend. We went to Hat Creek in the Lassen National Forest. Joe caught a pretty nice sized trout. Todd caught a pretty nice trout. Ray caught a pretty…