Historic Railroad Tunnels Trail

Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Nevada

May 2013

Kellisa and I flew out to Las Vegas for Memorial Day weekend with Primo Matt. Our first hike was the Historic Railroad Tunnels Trail at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The sun was blazing and the temperature was soaring, but we didn't let that stop us from hiking 8.80 miles. After hiking through the five tunnels, we walked across Hoover Dam.

Hurrikains Collection:

Matt Buckingham Collection:

California Riding and Hiking Trail

California Riding and Hiking Trail

Joshua Tree National Park

California

July 2013

One goal from our recent trip to Joshua Tree National Park was to scope out the California Riding and Hiking Trail. Some information states that the trail is 35 miles long and other list it at 37.3 miles. Either way, we've been researching the trail online and were thinking it would be possible to hike with Kellisa across the backcountry of Joshua Tree. We didn't want to plan a trip and arrive to find it impossible to push Kellisa, so we stopped at both trailheads and at every road crossing to access the possibility. We didn't see anything that would prevent an attempt to hike the entire trail with Kellisa, so it's been added to our "dream list" of hikes even though we could only check out a small percentage of the trail. Now we have to plan the complicated logistics of how many days, what month, water drops, etc.

Pictures from the trailheads and all the road crossings in both directions:

Joshua Tree National Park

Joshua Tree National Park

California

July 2013

Kellisa and I were in southern California for a quick weekend to present "Kellisa's Path" to the Los Angeles Hydrocephalus Association Support Network. We had a few hours the following day and decided to drive out to Joshua Tree National Park. With limited time and the rare scattered showers, we saw the park like most tourists. We stopped at the visitor center, walked the short, paved path behind the center and drove through the park stopping at most of the scenic viewing spots before heading back towards Los Angeles.