I’m not sure how they came up with the name of this trail. Personally, I’d call it Bad Ass Trail.

After waiting for over two hours for my son to return from his trip, off from the plane came a young man who looked a lot like my YaYa. The only problem was that he spoke kind of funny saying “bonsoir momma” and asking if I could cook him up some escargot. My mouth must [...]

A wise man we met while hiking in Tuolomne advised us to “Follow the path of most resistance.” Although meant for a safe climb at the top of Lembert Dome, the advice can be applied to so many areas in life where one is tempted to take the easy way out even though choosing the [...]

Finally, the story regarding my Half Dome climb… A few years ago, after seeing the Bucket List, I started populating my own list of things I’d like to see and do before I “kick the bucket.” Rather than wait until death was eminent, I set out to start crossing things off of the list. After [...]