Glass Butte is a rockhounding site managed by BLM that sits about halfway between Bend and Burns on Highway 20. Several varieties of obsidian can be found at Glass Butte,…
One of the great things about moving to Bend is that I don't feel like I have to cram all the things on my To-Do list into a short period…
Last weekend we popped over to the Eastern Sierra to check out how the fall color is coming along. This doesn't seem to be a terrific year. Many trees are already…
The third day of our Thanksgiving trip was spent in the southern end of Mojave National Preserve, exploring some fun rock formations and old mining sights. The Sheep Corral is…
I'm going to use the theme of "Throwback Thursday" to start revisiting some trips I never got around to writing about. First up is an exploration of the Surprise Tank Petroglyphs…
We kicked off Thanksgiving week with a tour of an area northwest of Barstow known as the Black Mountain Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC). This is a fascinating BLM…
I recently returned from a fantastic two week peak bagging trip to the Sierra. While I try to sort through the massive amounts of content I created on that trip…
The Sweetwater Mountains are an overlooked range thanks to their more showy neighbor, the Sierra Nevada. Occupying a piece of largely undeveloped land north of Bridgeport and bordered by highways…
Within every community you'll find people who like to nitpick things. A nitpicky thing among peak bagging enthusiasts is the true identity of the highest peak in Nevada. Some call…