Do you often wonder why your friends and family don’t love cross country skiing as you do? More than once, my wife and I have tried to introduce the sport to friends and family, only to discover afterward, to our disappointment, that the experience was somewhat less than life-changing. In fact, when we ask them… Continue reading Calaveras Big Trees provides worthy winter treks
Byline: Bob Leung
Noble Canyon hike provides perfect getaway
I completed this hike on Labor Day, a wonderful time of the year to be in the Ebbetts Pass area. The trailhead is located in wide impressive canyon. The trail follows the canyon rim for a half mile and then you will begin to descend in the canyon, where you will cross the first of… Continue reading Noble Canyon hike provides perfect getaway
Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” comes to Murphys
I was looking for the actor Sean Lewis, who is slated to play the lead role in “Hamlet,” which will be performed outdoors at Bryce Station Vineyards, July 20 through Aug. 19. The man bent over a bucket of water, washing his paint brush, stood up and said, “I’m Sean Lewis.” Opening night was less… Continue reading Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” comes to Murphys
Get inspired at Inspiration Point
My wife and I had spent a good part of the morning trying to find the trail head to Duck Lake near Lake Alpine but the snow (still plentiful in early July) that remained from the winter made this difficult. Instead, along the western shore of Lake Alpine, we stumbled upon the trailhead to Inspiration… Continue reading Get inspired at Inspiration Point
Ebbetts Pass: “pleasurable and memorable”
Some of my best trips have been the result of aborted expeditions and the thereafter. Such was our late autumn hike to to Kinney Lake. Our original plan was to complete an eight-mile hike from Ebbetts Pass to Reynolds Peak. But when we got to the trail head parking at Ebbetts Pass, I discovered that… Continue reading Ebbetts Pass: “pleasurable and memorable”