![Grand adventure on the Grand Canyon's Grand View Trail](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/IMG_0558.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
Well I did it. I hiked the toughest trail on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon (Grand View Trail) and survived. Hope I didn’t…
![Dinner at Eliza's this past Tuesday](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/IMG_0534.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
I just got my photos up from a little buddy group get-together at Eliza’s – a yummy Chinese restaurant on California Ave. View the photos…
![The final countdown](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/IMG_0565.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
T minus 9.5 hours to lift-off. Ok, not lift-off into the canyon, but lift-off into the car to the airport. We have a bright a…
![Maybe a bit overboard?](http://www.hikerly.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
I had my first bad blister problems on the big San Bruno hike 2 weeks ago. And last weekend the blisters on the back of…
![Angel Island send-off](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/IMG_0508.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
We had our final “team hike” yesterday; it was a sendoff event with a short hike and potluck/picnic on Angel Island. The day started with…
![What it's all about](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/IMG_2325.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
A friend told me her boss’s child died of leukemia this month. Heart-wrenching. Tragic. Unfair. What adjective could possibly fit? I only hope that my…
![Dress Rehearsal: Mount Diablo from the top down](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/IMG_0477.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
Saturday’s hike was our “big one” – the six hour dress rehearsal for the Grand Canyon at Mount Diablo. We hiked from the top down,…
![Stair Clinic - Lyon Street Stairs](http://www.hikerly.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
This morning was yet another early morning wake-up. I have to admit, I look forward to being able to sleep in on my weekends again!…
![Buddy hike: Tennessee Valley and the Coastal Trail](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/IMG_0472.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
Our latest hike was a buddy hike: a smaller hike with our buddy group instead of the entire team. It was also a shorter hike…
![Still time to bid on art](https://i0.wp.com/www.hikerly.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/pinhead.jpg?resize=367%2C140)
There’s still time to bid on one of the Colin Toke pieces that were donated to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The…