At 3,111 feet, Sandstone Peak is the tallest point in the Santa Monica Mountains. Last time we tried this hike back in May of 2015, it was too warm and too crowded for our liking. We completed the loop but opted out from summiting the peak. Xena struggled with the heat and I didn’t want
Category: 5 – 7 Miles
This is the last portion of our Utah adventure. …Continuing from our last post. After spending a few days by ourselves in Kanab, we were supposed to meet up with Jen and the boys again at Calf Creek. I hadn’t been able to reach her via text but I knew she was camping so I figured she didn’t have
This is a hike we did during our glamping trip back in April near Warner Springs, CA. Thanks to our host Laurie who was nice to draw me the map of the trailhead when she gave me a rundown of the place when we checked in the day before, it was super easy to find
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area is 17 miles west of Las Vegas. I made a PB&J sandwich for lunch from the room then packed our food for the day as I planned on spending all day at Red Rock Canyon. I picked up a soy latte from Starbucks at the hotel on my way
The first time I hiked here, I tried the loop counter-clockwise and got us lost. There was no sign, and it gets confusing when you get to the ski lift area. The second time I went back, I did the loop clockwise and loved it! So, I am going to show you how to do the
Though last week’s heatwave made it feel like the summer was not over yet, this is the last trail write-up for the summer hikes we did this year. Last year, I wrote a 3-mile loop hike in Solstice Canyon. This time we will show you a new and longer route in the canyon which is my






