Entries by Cody

PDN Great Outdoors Photo Contest 2012 Winning Image

Photo: 2012 PDN Great Outdoors photo contest I’m proud to announce that for the second year in a row I have a winning image in the PDN Great Outdoors photography contest. –CLICK HERE– to view the winners gallery The photo is from the last night of a road trip though the desert southwest last year.  […]

Mount Dana – Yosemite National Park

Photo: Summit of Mt. Dana, Yosemite national park, California.  July 2012 Trying to avoid being too lazy while spending a few days in the Yosemite high country, we decided to head up Mt. Dana, the 2nd highest peak in Yosemite national park.  The forecast was for mostly clear skies, but things began to cloud up […]

Tuolumne Meadows

Photo: Lone deer in fog, Tuolumne meadows, Yosemite national park, California.  July 2012 After leaving Colorado we figured a few days in Yosemite would be a good way to finish off the roadtrip.  It was a long, hot drive across Utah and Nevada.  It is really amazing how many miles of emptiness this country still […]

Ice Lake Basin – Colorado

Photo: Ice Lake, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.  June 2012 After hiking Mt. Sneffels on the previous day, we headed up for a night at Ice Lake Basin, near where we had begun the trip at Clear Lake a week before.  All the pictures I had seen of the basin were spectacular, and one of the […]

Ophir Pass Colorado

Photo: Stormy skies over San Juan Mountains from near Ophir Pass, Colorado.  June 2012 After getting down from Mt. Sneffels we headed south, looking for a place to camp for the night.  We ended finding a nice little place on Ophir pass with some decent views only a short while away so my tired knees […]

Mount Sneffels – Colorado

Photo: Panoramic view from summit of Mt. Sneffels, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.  June 2012 After Mt. Elbert we headed to Aspen to check things out and grab some lunch.  We had the rough idea or heading into the Maroon Bells area for maybe a two or three night trip out in the wilderness.  That plan […]

Mount Elbert – Hightest Colorado Mountain

Photo: Heading up Mt. Elbert.  Still a couple hours away.  June 2012   Photo: On the 14, 433 ft summit of Mt. Elbert, the highest point in Colorado.  June 2012 After Handies Peak, we were a bit indecisive on where to head next.  We were thinking of the twin summits of Sunshine and Redcloud, just […]

Handies Peak – My First Colorado 14er

Photo: Into the sunlight on the way to Handies Peak, Colorado.  June 2012 After a couple days acclimating we set our sights on Handies Peak (14,048 ft) as the target for our first Colorado fourteener.  This was partly because it would be a good easy hike for a warmup and partly because we were already […]

Colorado Trip

Photo: Night descends on camp at Ice Lake Basin, San Juan Mountains, Colorado.  June 2012 For the last couple weeks of June I was on a little road trip to Colorado.  Other than 1 afternoon about 15 years ago, this was my first time there.  It’s pretty far away from here in California and there […]

Lofoten Islands 5 Best Beaches

Photo: Summer days on beach at Gimsoya, Lofoten Islands, Norway.  Aug 2010 I’ve written a new article over at 68north.com on the 5 best beaches (that you can drive to) on the Lofoten islands.  CLICK HERE to check it out. Photo: Unstad Beach in Winter.  Jan 2010