First day of 2026 | Driving from Amboy Crater, CA to Oatman, AZ | Hiking & Camping near Oatman | January 2026 When we awoke on the morning of January 1, the rain had passed and left behind low hanging clouds throughout the valley. We had breakfast and completed our morning chores before departing from…
Hiking to Amboy Crater on New Year’s Eve | Last Night in California | December 2025 On the last day of 2025, we were one day away from our intended departure of California, and we were looking for a way to spend our last day here, as well as our last day of 2025. It…
Hiking Van Winkle Peak & Granite Peak | Mojave National Preserve, California | December 2, 2026 I have a special fondness for hiking in the desert. It’s where I started hiking 10+ years ago. It’s where my friends hike the most. And the geology and topography are unmatched in my opinion. The desert ranges and…
Barstow, CA to Mojave National Preserve | Hiking & Camping in Mojave National Preserve | Hiking the Kelso Sand Dunes | December 2025 On the day after Christmas, we left our camping spot and returned to Barstow to run a couple errands to prepare for another week off the grid. After almost 4 weeks in…
Riding Out the California Christmas Storms in Barstow | Hiking & Camping in the Calico Hills | December 2025 We awoke at our dispersed camping spot near Red Mountain, CA at around 4:30am when we first started hearing rain drops hitting the roof of the van. We laid in bed listening to the rain fall…
Hiking & Camping in the Spangler Hills Area | Hiking Red Mountain | Ridgecrest, CA | December 2025 When we left Walker Pass and continued driving East, the sky was becoming more overcast and there was a chill in the air. We had been tracking the forecast for the past few days, watching the hype…