California Road Trips
Published Friday, October 27, 2006 by GrobeTrek.
If you HAD to choose a single state i which to do your next road trip, my guess is that we could get most people to agree on just two or three. The Los Angeles Times, California's home paper (and probably the third best appear in the country) has put together a fine list of road trip destinations within the state.
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Backpacker Podcasts
Published Sunday, October 08, 2006 by GrobeTrek.
Filed under: Hiking, Learning, Business, Podcasts For those who like their podcasts raw, but directly from the source, Backpacker Magazine is now offering a series of podcasts wherein the magazine's Rocky Mountain editor Steve Howe blabs about his experiences hiking the Sierra High Route in California.
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Luxury Camping in the Sierras
Published Wednesday, September 27, 2006 by GrobeTrek.
Filed under: Hiking, United States, Camping A couple of months ago I had the wonderful pleasure of backpacking in California's Sierras Nevadas. Susan Spano of the Los Angeles Times recently hiked just 1 1/2 miles in the High Sierras to spend a couple of nights at the Sequoia High Sierra Camp. Luxury in the High Sierras doesn't come cheap, however.
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Climbing Fire Towers in So Cal
Published Monday, September 25, 2006 by GrobeTrek.
To wit: I just came across this article in the LA Times about a writer who spent time checking out the fire towers in and around both the Sierras and the San Bernardino National Forest.
Turns out that the towers are operated by the National Forest Service and most, says the article, are open to visitors.
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Arnold Loves Butts
Published Tuesday, September 19, 2006 by GrobeTrek.
The tabloid publisher, American Media, paid Thomas Wells $2,000 for a copy of the video and crafted an agreement whereby Wells would not discuss the existence of the tape.
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Multicultural Fresno
Published Monday, September 18, 2006 by GrobeTrek.
Filed under: Cultures, United States I just got back from a weekend in Fresno, California. Ordinarily, Fresno is a place you pass through on the way to the western side of the Sierra Nevadas. I've posted before about Fresno and how it is often ridiculed as an armpit of California by those who don't bother to stop and check it out.
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Backpacking in California's Sierras
Published Thursday, August 31, 2006 by GrobeTrek.
One member of our party even felt so bad he hiked out in the morning (which is the best cure for altitude sickness, a disease that can actually be fatal in extreme cases). I must be getting old because even though altitude sickness can kick in at 8,000 feet, 11,000 feet still isn't very high.
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