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Great stuff. Thank you!

Lots of hopes: After doing the Camino Primitive in Spain in 2023, my daughter and I are looking at the Lycian Way in Turkey in 2025. I'll also do a few weeks of trail crew work ..first one planned in the Mokelumne Wilderness, but there will be more days and weeks of that. And I have hopes of...

Great petroglyphs! And that is an impressive collection of pottery--although I can't help thinking about where it would have been found... So, what's the future for all that stuff?

I should update my previous post to say that last summer my daughter and I hiked the Camino Primitivo to Santiago de Compostela. This is the original route the King Alfonso hiked back in the 9th century or so, and is very different from the more popular Camino Frances. Our route had far fewer...

Spectacular photos! Thank you!

Thanks for the grand acventure. Just what I needed on a cold, rainy day !

UHH. For Americans, Yosemite is not an international destination.

Thus your avatar! hee hee

Yeah--except that when it comes times to vote, the people you have directed out of the wilderness will see no reason to protect it.

This is an excellent video on the coming financial crunch for the department that maintains and supervises our trails and wildernesses. Next year's budget calls for massive cuts in their funding. https://youtu.be/d24PTLHEu_Q And one place they are going to be cutting is in the hiring of...

I don't even think it's a concern abou that. These same young people often go to Soul Cycle and sweat bullets. But the idea of spending their time outdoors, while they could be working at an internship that leads to a career in software, is a hard one to make.

^^^ This. And I hear from the rangers that I work with that they can't even fill the positions they have. When I was young I would have LOVED to get paid to work in the mountains, and everyone was making minimum wage. These days, young people seems to prefer to work indoors...and may even...

Nice! You sure cover a lot of ground. I think it would take me twice as long to do those!

It IS beautiful. And there may be ways to explore it away from the madding crowds. But the visitor center is also home base for a large fleet of 4x4s that have, as near as I could tell, free run of the whole area. Meanwhile, if you are interested in hiking in Jordan, I have heard and read...

The final episodes: Abu Simbel, Luxor again, and Old Cairo www.backpackthesierra.com/post/abu-simbel www.backpackthesierra.com/post/luxor-and-more www.backpackthesierra.com/post/old-cairo?postId=6713c91d06882a2a1329125f

What a great report. We've hiked in that area, but every time I see a report from there, I remind myself that I need to go back. I need to go back.

OK--the first four Egypt sections: https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/cairo?postId=6713c4963d9793df0074e9df https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/luxor?postId=6713c4e271d3b06cdf171914 https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/_edfu?postId=6713c54971d3b06cdf171a5a...

And the last part of Jordan, including Wadi Rum and the photo blog https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/wadi-rum

The third chapter: The Dead Sea, Mt. Nebo, and Petra. https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/the-dead-sea-and-petra?postId=6713a53c06882a2a13289f5a

The second installment: visits to the ancient Roman city of Jerash, and sightseeing around Amman. https://www.backpackthesierra.com/post/off-to-see-jordan