Category Archives: Nature

The Perils of Backpacking

Recently Jules and I traveled to the far reaches of King Range to go on another backpacking trip. This one was planned by a friend. The route followed roughly 21 miles over three days. The Buck Creek Trail is supposedly … Continue reading

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Backpacking at Henry Coe State Park, Round II

Mike and I were planning to go to the DMV to take care of car stuff on Saturday, as well as visit Mike’s parents. However, the visit got moved to Sunday late afternoon, and on Friday night, we learned that … Continue reading

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Quick Jaunt to Briones

Jules and I picked up my mom and headed to Briones Regional Park for a quick hike to try out one of the new backpacks and the Garmin Rino GPS device. I wasn’t able to load the a topo map … Continue reading

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New Backpacking Gear!

Recently Jules and I have acquired some new backpacking gear in preparation for some epic trips this summer. Plotting the Course First on the list is a fancy GPS device. Jules did some research and came up with the Garmin … Continue reading

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Eagle Creek

Just some pictures from a recent hike up Eagle Creek with Jules.

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Dispatches from Borneo

Renan Ozturk does dispatches from his expeditions. He describes them as “Episodic & on the fly creative content cut in the field and sent with satellite technology.” They’re pretty amazing. Here’s a series from a trip to Borneo.

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Snowshoeing

Who’s that weirdo on the end??? Oh yeah, that was me. For some reason, I couldn’t get the rest of them to display much enthusiasm. Though my P.I. did raise his hand.

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Mother of Thousands

So I acquired a baby  plantelet from Kalenchoe (Mother of Thousands) from one of my classmates several months ago. It’s a cool plant that they often use for tumor research. I used to have one in undergrad. It’s currently growing … Continue reading

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Japanese Maple in Autumn

Japanese Maple in Autumn Originally uploaded by ** Krissy ** I miss visiting Portland with Jules. Maybe we should take a trip soon.

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Huckleberry Preserve

Jules and I went on a hike up in the hills yesterday. I brought my video camera and shot random things during the trip. Here they are: Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve from Mike Horn on Vimeo.

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