Cascade Mountain Backcountry

Well, its time to sell the good old Land Cruiser. It was my dream to own one, and my wife's dream as well, but we have both decided to get a more kid friendly and gas friendly car. The LC only gets about 11 miles to the gallon. That sorta goes against the tree hugger side of me. Here is a tribute to the most amazing vehicle I've ever owned.

We went to Pt. Reyes National Seashore with Sierra's fam over the holiday. It was amazingly rainy and beautiful. Eli was a huge trooper the whole way, despite the look on his face in this picture. It was a beautiful trip.

I don't know why I didn't publish this post 2 years ago when I saved it as a draft, but here it is.

Baptist Draw into Chute Canyon, and up out the back door. Temp at night while sleeping was easily below 0 degrees Fahrenheit. Tested my old sleeping bag's temperature rating (0 degrees). Lucky I had a biv sac, or I would have froze. In the daytime not so bad, but still pretty cold. All of the puddles but one were frozen solid. Total hiking time about 4 hours...was it worth the drive? I thought so...

Thanks to Brendan for a good shot of me rappin' into Chute. Shots of me don't happen as much anymore, so this was a pleasant surprise.

Here it is, the next big adventure. Englestead Hollow has been postponed to try and do "The Grand Traverse"...

One side to the other, across the Timpanogos Massif. Click on the image to make it bigger.