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…
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…
Lake Isabella to Walker Pass | Camping at Walker Pass Campground | Hiking Scodie Peak via the PCT | December 2025 This morning, we left our dispersed spot in Keyesville Recreation Area and stopped in Lake Isabella to grab a couple supplies, then took CA-178 East around the lake and through the mountains. Out of…
Sequoia National Park to Lake Isabella, CA | Camping at Tule Campground on Lake Success | Hiking Unal Trail in Sequoia National Forest | Camping and Hiking around Keyesville, CA | December 2025 Following our days spent in Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, we were in need of a full reset before we could…