Archive for January, 2006
desert hiking 2005-12
While I was in Las Vegas for the holidays for my family, I went on five great desert hikes: Goldstrike Canyon with hot springs, White Rock and Ringbolt Canyons and hot springs, River Mountains (with Mark Pitchford), Mesquite Canyon (with Mark Pitchford), and the hills behind my sister’s house in Henderson. Ah, being out in the desert, in short sleeves, even shorts two days, that is the life. I was so happy after these five days in a row of hiking, and being in the sun.
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Howard Booth Reunion and Celebration
On November 20, a small group of people joined to celebrate Howard Booth’s receipt of the John Muir Award. We hiked north from Mountain Springs to a point above the sandstone bluffs, enjoyed talking about hiking and backpacking trips going back 40 years, looked at the peak register with some old names in it, and wrapped it up with a beer at the Mountain Springs bar. That evening, we gathered for dinner at Lance & Lorelle’s, joined by the Pitchfords and my mom Ruth Allison, for more fun.
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