Summertime camping dipping sauce! Dusty feet, pale blue skies, cool rivers and hot rocks. Night that you lean into like a whisper, quiet to get drunk on, and wild discoveries that forever tattoo the heart; this for me is the delicious recipe of summertime camping! If you are reading this, I’m glad you are… distracted … More Summertime camping dipping sauce!
Spring Camping in NW California Bigfoot Country Rain or shine, wind and green, once April’s moon shines full, I start to get camping restless. For many people it’s still a little too chilly (and possibly wet). But I’ve discovered, braced with wool socks and hat, Spring camping is about adventure, excitement, and renewal. The least … More Spring Camping
Sue-meg – special number 62 If you run your eye down the coastline of Wild Escape Guides Bigfoot Country Campgrounds Map A, you’ll bump into a little thumb or point of land projecting out into the Pacific Ocean. Here lies campground 62. The campground sits on land that once belonged to the Yurok. Native to … More Sue-meg – special number 62
Three seasons – fall, winter, spring -after a wildfire. Sunday I wandered into one of my all time favorite, soft, sweet and marvelously lush camping spots- Scott’s Flat and Hell Gate Campgrounds, both along the banks of the So. Fork Trinity River. I knew I wasn’t going to find the familiarity & the beauty I … More after a wildfire…
Jan 22, 2021 – thirty days into winter – It’s been warm and cold, it’s been wet and dry, wrapped in long dark nights. Camping? Let’s wait until the weather warms just a bit. But Oh, how it has been on my mind. So, I did a little armchair wandering. I’m pretty excited about what … More Camping an American pastime
A forest can get a grip on you; the scenes, the aromas, the “feel” can wrap tendrils around your heart, draw you in and take root. The Klamath Mountains have drawn me in. There is a mystique about them that completely captivates me. These woods are thickly forested from river bottom to steep mountain top, … More Deep in a Forest
I’m packing today for my final camp out of 2020 – under Octobers waning Blue Moon. My mind blown that it is still dry enough to pitch a tent in these otherwise wet woods. I’m practically giddy as I fold the wool blanket, grab an extra tarp. Outside a blustery breeze stirs. While the rest … More Once Upon A Blue Moon
Fire on the mountain! Camping under the moon in October has been a cherished ceremonial like ritual the past three years. Despite the shorter, cooler days, the forest always feels more alive than summer; so much tittering and scurrying, the air heavy with a bounty of aromas, I’m drawn to participate – wrap things up, … More FIRE…
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