Hippocleides Doesn't Care

We moved to Manteca so we could spend more time in the mountains. So far this is all going according to plan. Since we moved out here we’ve been to Yosemite twice, Sonora Pass twice, Carson Pass once, and Ebbetts Pass once. We’ve camped in Yosemite and Hope Valley. We’ve done a lot of fishing–Yosemite, [...]

Tags: camping, Carson Pass, Ebbetts Pass, fly fishing, Gardnerville, highway 4, highway 88, hope valley, Manteca, Minden, sonora pass, trout, Yosemite, yum

In years past I’ve gone to Silverfork off highway 50 for Memorial Day weekend. That was back when I was younger and didn’t care about sitting in stop-and-go traffic for 8 hours to get home. These days I’m much more likely to stay home on holiday weekends. But Sonora Pass called to me… Sonora Pass [...]

Tags: California, central valley, eastern Sierras, highway 108, highway 120, highway 4, highway 50, highway 70, highway 80, highway 88, kennedy meadow, Sierra Nevada, sonora pass, yum

Yum and I are having a great time in Manteca. We love how close this town is to the outdoors. In mid-April we went swimming at Lake Camanche off highway 88. Lake Camanche was nice and cool during that heat wave we had here in California. We finished off our evening with some gambling at [...]

Tags: Clark Fork, granite, highway 108, highway 88, Lake Camanche, Stanislaus River, Yosemite, yum

On Sunday afternoon, Yum and I went for a short little drive. View Larger Map Only a few hundred miles. Silver Fork of the American River Yum with her new friend in Kirkwood My new crush, Hope Valley. Hope Valley is such a beautiful place. It lies between Kirkwood and the Cal-Neva border along highway [...]

Tags: aspen trees, deer, highway 395, highway 50, highway 88, hope valley, horses, kirkwood, Kyburz, Minden, mormon immigrant trail, pine trees, Silver Fork, trout, yum