Author Archives: Jim
Wearing my Balaclava. It’s cold in Florida!!!
Monday, Dec 6. I left my house before the sun was up. The temperature was 32º. The wind was stiff from that northwest. The radio said the wind chill was 15º. I walked down to the dock and motored out … Continue reading
Notes on my book “Trail Reflections”
I am including below, a tentative table of contents to “Trail Reflections”. I thought friends might also be interested in the hikes that won’t make the book because of space limitations. That list follows the table of contents. TRAIL REFLECTIONS, … Continue reading
Trail Reflections – my next book
It’s been over a month since I pulled my RV eastward the entire length of Interstate 10 from Los Angeles to Jacksonville. When I dropped out of the mountains in California south of Palmdale and hit I-5, the trip was … Continue reading
Jim in November Backpacker
View article about Jim in the November 2010 issue of Backpacker. Click for article Tags: November, Backpacker, View, article, issue
Trail Angel Extraordinaire
Tipped off by Mark Godley (see “Yosemite Hiking” preceding this blog), I found I couldn’t access the Pacific Crest Trail in Kings Canyon or Sequoia National Park because the trail runs on the west side of the crest. I would … Continue reading
Yosemite Hiking
Before I left Truckee I dropped down into the Bay Area for an overnight visit with good friend Mark Godley, former Executive Director of Big City Mountaineers, his dear wife Julia, and their three sweet daughters. Mark and I discussed … Continue reading
The Sierra Nevada Mountains, Part 2.
On my next hike I could say that, at long last, I was in the heart of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, the ne plus ultra for me, of the Pacific Crest Trail hiking experience. Here is a great hike for … Continue reading
The Sierra Nevada Mountains, Part 1
Friday morning I drove from Quincy, California, a short distance to Truckee on I-80 and stumbled upon Donner State Park not long after noon. I had, with some difficulty, found the access trail to the Pacific Crest Trail off the … Continue reading
Lassen Volcanic National Park
The first thing I noticed on driving into Lassen Volcanic National Park was the open space between the trees and the thin ground cover, traceable to less rain and snow than ranges farther west. I liked this space. I could … Continue reading
The Vagaries of Finding the PCT
In Southern Oregon or far Northern California I wanted to sample a different Pacific Crest Trail habitat: hills (instead of mountains) carpeted with mixed woods, mostly oaks, of modest size. So I drove to Exit 6 on I-5 in Oregon … Continue reading