On a Saturday morning I was browsing Reddit and saw that the Perseid meteor shower was at its peak right now so we very last minute planned to go into Henry Coe to watch it. Dark skies are somewhat hard to get to around the Bay Area, and we thought
We planned a last minute trip to Henry Coe over Memorial Day weekend, which turns out to be very similar to what we did last year. The main goal was to go to Mississippi Lake. We decided to do a three day trip, with two 13-mile days and a short
I first heard about the Lost Coast Trail in college, and while I didn't manage to do it back then, it's always been high on my bucket list. The idea of backpacking on the beach seemed so unusual. This year Ryan and I got permits for a mid-July weekend. The
I decided to plan a short backpacking trip in Henry Coe since we haven't done any trips in a while. Henry Coe State Park is only about an hour away, doesn't require reserving permits in advance, and has lots and lots of trails. The Sierras are very nice but I'm
Backpacking in Yosemite always felt sort of off limits to me because you have to get permits far in advance, but in fact a bunch of permits are released 2 weeks before the start date at 7am. I was considering a loop around the Vogelsang and Lyell Canyon area, but