JF1GG29 Posted June 2, 2017 Share Posted June 2, 2017 That's what I'm talkin' about. My wife and I did the Big SEKI loop in 2015 - What an incredible experience! Views like the above pretty much all the time. Being out for multiple weeks has a totally different feeling from shorter trips. We did a shorter loop that brought us around Sawtooth and it was uhhh-mazing. Alpine lakes, Sierra sunsets, black bears, mountains, beautiful trees. We saw maybe two other people the whole time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted June 3, 2017 Author Share Posted June 3, 2017 You guys are tearing me up here. Seriously need some outdoor time. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF1GG29 Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Trying to motivate you, bruh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox212 Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Just got back from 5 days in and around Yosemite. Absolutely beautiful, but of course very crowded. Trip highlights for me were Glacier Point, wine tasting, and lunch at The Ahwahnee. This was a family trip with wife and kiddo, and we met up with some old friends who also have 2 little ones, one only 10 weeks old! The last time I saw this friend neither of us had kids or were married, so there was a lot of catching up to do. It was a blast overall, great to see old friends, and super awesome to take kiddo on another camping trip. Side note - kiddo took his first few solo steps on the trip!! So this one will have a special place in my memory banks for the rest of my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xt2005bonbon Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 ^This is such a beautiful National park. And nice family too . Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 Trying to motivate you, bruh. Always appreciated. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 Just got back from 5 days in and around Yosemite. Absolutely beautiful, but of course very crowded. Trip highlights for me were Glacier Point, wine tasting, and lunch at The Ahwahnee. This was a family trip with wife and kiddo, and we met up with some old friends who also have 2 little ones, one only 10 weeks old! The last time I saw this friend neither of us had kids or were married, so there was a lot of catching up to do. It was a blast overall, great to see old friends, and super awesome to take kiddo on another camping trip. Side note - kiddo took his first few solo steps on the trip!! So this one will have a special place in my memory banks for the rest of my life. It's beautiful there, and glad you had a great outing. These are the days and times when memories are made, then replayed countless times, enriched by additive memories. Your kiddo will someday soon associate those pictures with events in his pre-memory life. The conitive replay will logically connects the timeline dots. Enjoy it all. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF1GG29 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 That is beautiful. I've never been to Yosemite, and when I do go, I want to make sure to be able to spend enough time in it, maybe do some climbing, etc. Thanks for sharing the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox212 Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 It really is a special place, but IMO the best of Yosemite is outside of the valley. I'm a backpacker, and I very much enjoy solitude and getting away from the crowds. Once you get out of the valley, the crowds die out pretty fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 ^ The whole reason for backpacking, IMHO, get away from everything, the crowds and the clutter, and get out where it's simple, clean and refreshing. Nothing better than smelling fresh air tinged with everygreen fragrances, and to watch/listen to wildlife in its own element. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF1GG29 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Felt like bumping this thread. Gate house at 4:30a, Katahdin, Maine for what would turn out to be a 14-hr day. Clouds rolling through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 Katahdin. A great place to hike. Raw and unrefined. Did you do the loop? Taught our youth group about day-packing and hiking on Katahdin. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF1GG29 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 We did the loop with a bit of a spur onto the Howe Peaks. With the weather that day, it was otherworldly. The hike itself is not extremely difficult or extremely long, it's the approach (by car) that really gets ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted June 28, 2018 Author Share Posted June 28, 2018 Takes as long to get there as it does to climb, but if those pictures are any indication, it was typical Maine weather for this time of year at Katahdin. Did you stop and have lunch or late dinner in Millinocket? Cute little town. You also have the same intrusive igneous granite geology on Mt Desert (Pronounced Dessert) Island in Acadia, but you can hike or drive to the summit there. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox212 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 JF1GG29: Love the "clouds rolling through" photo. Raw, indeed! I've often heard trails on the east coast are more rugged like this. Never hiked there though. Got a few more hikes under the ol' belt since last posts. The Humphreys Basin trip was really cool. 4 days, mostly off trail, LOTS of snow left (in mid-July) which made for challenging-in-a-fun-way conditions. Then we took a little trip out to the Big Sur area. Then, in January of this year, we hit up some of the Gene-Marshall Piedra Blanca trail in southern Los Padres Nat'l Forest. It was COLD. This is my buddy's new van. Started with a 4WD turbo diesel Sprinter, did everything but the pop top himself. It is awesome. And the bro-in-law's STi. Something very poetic about the Pearl White in a dusting of snow... Then we did a quick trip out to Henry Coe SP for the 10th annual Gathering of Gear Geeks Next trip was another one out in LPNF, this time near Santa Barbara. Next trip planned is in a couple weeks - Dinkey Lakes Wilderness up in the Sierra Nevada - CANT WAIT! Been too long since the last walk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF1GG29 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 fox212: Aw man, the pics aren't working. Any chance you can update the links? I did a quick google search of Humphreys Basin and it looks GORGEOUS. SBT: We had dinner in Millinocket, basically first place on the road -- Big Moose Inn or something like that. Nice place, cold beers, enough said! What really impressed me about the topography around Katahdin are the glacial cirques and the (very) poor quality of the rock. I felt like a decent earthquake would knock down its elevation significantly. Eventually, I'd like to go back and snowboard one of couloirs on the headwall, but the approach from the gatehouse would make this type of trip a multi-day affair. Eventually! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted July 5, 2018 Author Share Posted July 5, 2018 We had a substantial earthquake right after we arrived in Maine (Bangor) from Japan. I was mowing the lawn and everything started to rattle, shake and rock (definitely a roller). We didn't think much of it since we were literally fresh from 3 years in Japan were 6.5 and 7.0+ was not uncommon. IIRC it was a 5.6 or 5.7 Richter scale event and intensity was Level VII which originated just across the border in New Brunswick. It was felt all across Maine, but Central Maine was like a collector. Also, IIRC, several ridges with geology similar to Katahdin were affected by that temblor. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF1GG29 Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Cool story. Really. I didn't know that there was regular seismic activity in Maine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 You have seismic activity everywhere, but usually it's small enough to go unnoticed. Lately there seems to have been an unusual amount of activity though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 Cool story. Really. I didn't know that there was regular seismic activity in Maine. Surprised us too. Moved from SoCal which was seismic-activity rich, to coastal SoCar and found that the Cooper River resides on a major fault (no surprise) that is number 1 on the USGS prediction list to have a 7.0+ seismic event in the near (relative geologically me thinks) future. Woke up to a 4.0 the morning after a flight from SoCal... WTH? BOT - I'm hopeful that when the weather cools, I can get out on some of the upstate trails. There's a lot of Appalachian trails and spurs about 45 mins from me - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF1GG29 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I'm hopeful that when the weather cools, I can get out on some of the upstate trails. There's a lot of Appalachian trails and spurs about 45 mins from me How is the knee and how did PT go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBT Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 Knee is a bit hinky, from sitting way to much doing forensic accounting stuff - think 100s of spreadsheets all linked to hundreds more - so I haven't worked it much lately. The surgery was a complete success and PT went well. Just need to get out and work it. Hopefully, when the weather cools, I'll be done with the accounting drill-downs and ready for some trail time. - Pro amore Dei et patriam et populum - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox212 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 fox212: Aw man, the pics aren't working. Any chance you can update the links? I did a quick google search of Humphreys Basin and it looks GORGEOUS. Ok, I tried updating the links in the quickest way possible. Let me know if you can see the pics now. Embedding photos from Google Photos is ridiculously hit or miss. So frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JF1GG29 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 The surgery was a complete success and PT went well. Just need to get out and work it. Glad to hear it. Definitely work it. fox212, photos still don't work for me, but don't sweat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox212 Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Lame. You'd think Google could get their s**t together and add a direct embed link feature to Photos. Can you see my other pics in this thread? In any case, here's a link to the album for that hike. Enjoy! Humphreys Basin 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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