Get Outside and Explore
I went paddleboarding around Dana Point Harbor with a friend in August. The beaches were packed with cars and surfers, this time of year. You just can't drive to your favorite surf spot, and expect to just park. I picked up a paddleboard awhile back to have when I went to the Sierras, on vacation with my daughter, to use on lakes. I had never taken it in the ocean before.
I had begun harvesting tomatoes back in July. Now the fun was to begin, making sauce. We had a huge harvest of tomatoes, and it was time to take the blanched tomatoes and process them into sauce.
Follow me for a scenic 3 mile hike around Dana Point Harbor in Orange County, CA past the boats and ships docked by Baby Beach, and the Ocean Institute. It's an east hike, that just about anyone might enjoy, if they love boats, and nautical stuff, as much as I do.
This guide details hiking over Mount Whitney from the High Sierra Trail, and what to expect. We completed the trail in July 2022, and this is our story. We would wake up at 3:30am on Day 7 of our journey on the High Sierra Trail. I did not take any photos in the pitch black darkness that morning, but had fortunately photographed our site the night before. We had camped on this mesa, that was just before Guitar Lake. We decided we would take our time as we hiked on up the switchbacks, in order to acclimate to the altitude gradually. Neither of us had hiked to 14,505 feet before, let alone with heavy backpacks. I had been to 12,000 feet before once, to Trail Camp, just below the 99 switchbacks, on the opposite side. There were so many unknowns.
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