SpicyGoliath

After a week of camping in the Anza Borrego desert with 80 degree weather, we are finally cooling off with a little snow. The locals say they haven’t seen this much snow in 20 years. All of the surrounding mountains in the area are covered with a blanket of the white stuff. […]

My new camp above Mono Lake is right in the middle of the search area for missing adventurer Steve Fossett. Yesterday I heard the planes buzz overhead as they were searching the huge area where he went missing. Now it sounds like they are going to probe Walker Lake for wreckage. I drove past it […]

The last couple of days were real tough Each morning I found myself trying to decide how to best use the perfect weather we’ve been having. The decision was usually between backcountry skiing in the Sierras or paragliding on the White Mountains but with flying being my favorite hobby it came out […]

On my hike this afternoon – to some boulders where I have a cell phone signal – I briefly saw a huge bird landing behind a bush. I slowly walked closer to see a HUGE Golden Eagle flapping madly to get airborne. He was busy eating his fresh prey – a rabbit. For crime scene […]

The Santa Anna winds aloft mellowed throughout the day and by 4pm there was hardly a breath of wind. It also was about 95 degrees on the lake bed – no fun waiting for a breeze…. any breeze to get the wing in the air. Earlier this morning a neighbor of mine - Doug – […]