Photo: Casa De Mojave Twentynine Palms Sunday is a catch all day to do journal posts, organize photos, name photos, ID wildflowers, and catch up on paperwork. Also, time to plan our next move. I may
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Photo: Desert Tortoise Got up early and headed out from the campground on an old jeep track. Lovely cool morning again, trail filled with wildflowers and loaded down with water! The first five miles
Read more Desert Trail 2026 March 13-14 Cottonwood CG to Eagle Mt. Road
Photo: Boulders on Mastadon Peak Trail Early in the a.m. we drove from the BLM camp to the border of Joshua Tree NP entrance near Chiriaco Summit. Yeti donned his pack and was going to do the 9.5
Read more Desert Trail 2026 March 12-13 Cottonwood Campground
Photo: Melanie & Petroglyph in Joshua Tree March 7 – 11 Indio – Chiriaco Summit, CA After leaving Borrego Springs, we went over to Mecca where the trail continued and were going to maybe stay
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Photo: Moon in the morning on Harper Flat Yeti and I had spent the night before in Bow Willow Campground, which was almost full. A bit of a surprise as the last time I’d been through there it was
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Photo: Grosvenor Arms Pub, Alford Chester
On Monday, Deb and I took the train back to Chester and were met by Leone who drove us to our next airbnb at the Chapel. It was in the same location as 7
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Photo: Neolithic Burial Site, St. David's Head St. David's Village
Sadly, Leone and Charlotte had to leave early as Charlotte had to go back to University on Sunday. Deb and I had a great day at St.
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Photo: Aberreidy Beach Trefin to St. David's 11.7 miles
I had an early breakfast of cereal, fruit, and toast with coffee – they had a coffee machine and ground coffee! I headed out again on a
Read more Pembrokeshire Coast Path - Sep 12 2025 Trefin to St. David's
Photo: Looking back at Pwll Deri with Hostel Fishguard to Trefin, 17 miles
Luckily, the staff at the Rose & Crown were okay with getting me breakfast a bit earlier than their usual 8:30am start.
Read more Pembrokeshire Coast Path - Day Two, Sep 11 2025 Fishguard to Trefin
Photo: Cliffs beyond Cat Rock west of Newport Newport Parrog to Trefin, 12 miles
Got up early so I could catch the 8:32 bus to Newport/Parrog, where I’d start my hike. Grey skies but dry so far.
Read more Pembrokeshire Coast Path - Day One, Sep 10 2025 Newport Parrog to Trefin