What a view from the tent, huh? 

Laurel Lake area, south of Mammoth Lakes. 

Last year I camped at this lake near the end of May. Stopping here for lunch this time and continuing 4 miles past.

Kersarge Pass Trip

My June 24-26th trip is on. I will be hiking over Kersarge Pass (11,000') and then a lake 8 miles in at an elevation of 10,400'. The snow is melting pretty quick, but we are still going to see a lot of it...

I am off to a ponderous start, but least it is something. Not much new to report, my mom and sister are drving back to Wisconsin tomorrow. They are going to spend a few days in the Yellowstone area, lucky shits. The three of us just came back from riding horses. It was fun, but my horse kinda sucked.
Off again already...

Trip Mammoth Lakes area

This is near the begining of the hike. The trail is visible on the hill in the foreground as a brown streak in the snow. We ended up in the valley past the peak on the left.

My girlfriend Amy, sister Steph and myself hiked just south of Mammoth Lakes, CA to do some camping. The weather was great, almost too hot even and we stayed overnight. The trail lead us up 3,000 feet and four miles into the Sierras.
More pictures are below

Looking back towards camp. 

Heading back 

Sunset over the mountains. 

Some recent pictures...

Here are some pictures from my last backpacking trip:

There are plenty of brook trout in this little stream. 

Setting up camp. 

Another view. 

Nearing our campsite. 

Amy and Me 

Looking back towards the town of Mammoth Lakes 

It's been awhile

Hello to each and everyone of you who have been wating with bated breath for my return to blogdom. Who am I kidding, hello to me and whoever actually visits this blog after I tell them that I added something. Anywise, everything out in California is going great. School is over until the 20th of June, then I am back for my summer classesI had a bike race last weekend. Technically, it wasn't a "race" because it was on an open course in a National Forest, but everyone involved considered it a race. I did pretty good, I finished in the top 20 out of the 120 that entered. It was a pretty wicked course, 27.5 miles and 5,000 feet of elevation gain. The first 17 miles was all up hill. Here is a write-up http://http://warriorssociety.org/Events_And_Results/Writeup_Toad2005.html
Here I am on a cool looking section of trail; I knew I had my seat set kinda low near the start, it looks really low in this picture.


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So that is about all for right now. I have to go out and ride my bike before it gets late and I start to turn lazy. I will keep the posts more up to date (and more interesting) from now on.

Coming Soon....
A report from my last trip into the Sierra Mountains, lots of snow and pictures to share.
More about school
My thoughts on the newest Star Wars (Which I have only since once so far, I will post after my second viewing)

The big hill.

Part of the course. This section of trail was not much fun because it was a big climb, in the 95 degree sun.