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Eastern Sierras adventures at Mammoth Crest Rim Trail
The Rim Trail in Mammoth Lakes should come with a warning for all you like me who love eastern Sierras outdoor adventures. Not a smiley face, emoji, yes come hike me, according to google maps. The Rim...
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The best of the best Summertime Fun in Lake Tahoe
“Hey, Fred! Who is that ugly ass dog?” “I’m really not sure Bob” This is the Monday morning conversation I was imagining between the two adorable marmots who yelled at my dog this a.m. on top of a...
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San Bernardino National Forest; Cry-babies, Tesla’s, Temper Tantrums, Traffic
I’m not saying my first truck was this vintage… It was hot as hell in August of 1999 as I sat in my ancient pickup truck with the summer southern California sun beating down on me. I had sweat pouring...
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Why you should Never Ever buy a Vehicle from CarMax
Once upon a time on a motorbike somewhere in India As a travel blogger, who still wants to get out and explore this big ‘ol world even during a global pandemic, my vehicle is very crucial for my travel...
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Carne Asada Smashed Fry Salad with Cilantro Dressing
Summertime to our family means a month of hiking and camping all over the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains. That usually means nothing but the best camp food. What says summertime camp food if not Carne...
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An Outdoor Adventurers Guide to Surviving a Lightning Strike
A good day to hang out at camp with a Baileys and coffee and not hike. Lightning can be a real bitch. That is if you are one of the 49 Americans struck and killed by lightning each year. Lightning...
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Welcome Comrade to Gavin Newsom’s Oligarchy Wilderness
Angie gave me this cold mask for my Bday and it’s perfect for the headaches our mismanaged government throw at me. This is not exactly feeling like Labor Day early September morning when I am not...
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Imitation Krab Pasta Salad
I love taking a plastic bag of Krab salad on my long summertime hikes. I know, I know, it is all the trend right now to stop using single-use plastic entirely, but seriously, I have not used a plastic...
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Chicken and Fig Korma Curry
On a humid summer’s eve as thunderstorms drench our mountain villages this was a fantastic fig korma to whip up in the backyard under the canopy. We cook outside on the BBQ grill’s stove in the summer...
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Crockpot Pickled Pepper Beef Bone Broth Soup
It’s September 22nd and I just have to wonder if I’m coming down with Covid or if it’s just allergies. This is my life and everyone’s life in an alpine pollen forest in the last sixteen months. I’m...
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California National Forest Closure Adventures in Big Bear Lake
In the last few days, I’ve trekked close to twenties miles, seen Cooper hawks and almost stepped in bear scat numerous times. How can I have so much forest fun legally with the current California...
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Jeremy Clarkson’s favorite Lamb Sheperds Pie
Jeremy Clarkson made me do it. This week thanks to that good old British journalist I learned a lot about sheeping, got a big hankering for shepherd’s pie and then I had a hands-on sheep experience at...
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How to Make your Home Smell like Fall and not Farty Felines
I love all the smells of fall. Autumn days mean breathing in the scents of cinnamon, cardamon and fresh leaves under my hiking boots. And then I drive home to our cabin full of farting pets. I love the...
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Crackheads and Orange Poo. Welcome to California
I had many deep front porch conversations with this border collie Once upon a time, I was very fat. I was also very disabled and spent basically 8 months of 2015 sitting on my front porch hugging an...
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10 Great Fall Recipes if you Hate Pumpkin
I find food with pumpkin in it this scary. As someone who really can’t stand pumpkin pie or pumpkin spice anything I sure do love to grow pumpkins in my garden. Watching my baby pumpkin plants slowly...
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BBQ Bacon Avocado Jalapeno Poppers
The crash and boom of thunderstorms have me enjoying this ever so slight chill in the air on this late summer afternoon. I feel blessed that this humid summer’s day led to a rainy afternoon and that...
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How to Make An Authentic Indian meal in a 34 Foot RV
Camping is not for everyone. I get that. It takes a badass attitude to deal with some of the challenges that come with camping, motorhome living or trying to be one of the best RV chefs in a...
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Leaf Peepin our way through the eastern Sierras
Rain! Thunder! Lightning! Snow! Does that sound like your kind of vacation? Our family usually treks to the eastern Sierras to witness mother nature in all her stunning beauty for the fall colors each...
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Paneer and Peas Tikka Masala
The first time I had tikka masala I was in London, twenty-five years old and a little scared of Indian food. After all the bullshit I had been fed back in California about how bland and God-awful...
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Mirchi Ka Salan Chili Peppers Braised In Coconut Soup
I would just like to say, I simply adore traveling to India and all the sites, foods and smells that entails. Okay, maybe not all of the smells. I could do without the smells of that river over yonder...
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