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Jim Carretta
Oct 5, 20211 min read
Arizona Trail 2021
Learning to travel in a new way. Goats are good. Arizona Trail Sep - Oct 2021 Elk country White Horse Hills Setting out. Kelly Tank...
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Jim Carretta
Sep 7, 20212 min read
A Summer Haboob in Borrego Springs
We visit Borrego Spr. at least once during the summer for some sensible walking, swimming, dawn tracking in the dunes, and we're always...
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Jim Carretta
Feb 15, 20211 min read
Pyramid + Rosa Pt + Mile High
I joined hiking book author Scott Turner (coauthor of Afoot and Afield in San Diego County and author of Hike The Parks Mountaineers...
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Jim Carretta
Nov 8, 20205 min read
Election Week 2020 Hiding In The Desert
During the 2016 election, I avoided the noise and camped in the desert east of San Diego's mountains. I had no idea who won the election...
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Jim Carretta
Oct 27, 20201 min read
Granite Mountain
On October 25, 2020, I joined the team of Don Endicott, Scott Turner, and Sicco Rood to hike Granite Mountain. Weather at the base of the...
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Jim Carretta
Jun 29, 20191 min read
Quest for Harlequin Bug (Murgantia histrionica) eggs
I had seen the egg cases of Harlequin Bugs on the internet for a long time and always hoped to find some. Today was my lucky day. A...
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