Lake Hodges: Pit Stop on the Pacific Flyway March 21, 2013July 5, 2020tamiald When Rowshan gets sick of spending his lunch hour getting beaten up by coworkers during company soccer games, he takes his camera to [...]
10/25/12: Not in San Diego (part 3): Yosemite! Autumn on the John Muir and Mist Trails November 10, 2012July 31, 2020tamiald “I did a run last week and none of the trees had changed,” the YARTS driver said to one of the regular passengers. [...]
10/24/12 Not in San Diego (part 2): Yosemite! The Upper Yosemite Fall Trail November 8, 2012July 31, 2020tamiald The clouds are threatening rain and there is a cold nip in the air as I cross the filthy but historic (or historically [...]
10/23/12: Not in San Diego: Yosemite! The Mirror Lake (Tenaya Creek) Loop November 6, 2012July 31, 2020tamiald 1 “Well, I’ve got a hike for you!” Did the ranger really say that or did I just imagine it? Whatever she said, the [...]
Finding My Senses in the Blue Sky October 21, 2012July 5, 2020tamiald The suburbs make me uneasy. They aren’t lively and diverse enough to be a city and aren’t wild enough to be nature. I [...]
Palomar: An Escape from the Lowland Heat September 6, 2012July 31, 2020tamiald 1 (August 19) Summer’s last sigh manifested itself in a scalding heat wave. Our plans to flee last week to Palomar were foiled by [...]
Rose Canyon August 21, 2012July 31, 2020tamiald A few minutes down the trail, we came upon a huge patch of wild roses. Most of the flowers were gone, but the [...]
Sea of Ceanothus February 27, 2012July 31, 2020tamiald This afternoon we went to Silverwood hoping to see the Ceanothus Silk Moth. Phillip the resident manager had some bad news for us, [...]
Swallowtail Grove in the San Elijo Lagoon Area April 17, 2011July 31, 2020tamiald Western Tiger Swallowtail on a sycamore The San Elijo Lagoon, North of Del Mar, is known for the waterbirds that hang out in [...]
Mission Trails April 17, 2011July 5, 2020tamiald Some kind of blue on locoweed One of our favorite places to hike in San Diego city is Mission Trails Regional Park. We [...]