Outside of work, my two biggest hobbies are hiking and mountain biking. I picked up both interests while living in Mammoth, but I have branched out and hike and bike in other areas now as well. I have not been able to get into backpacking, so I have to limit myself to a maximum of 20 miles roundtrip for a day. I occasionally snowshoe in the winter. I am also an aviation geek and will eventually find a photo to represent that.
During the summer, you can usually find me riding my bike at the Mammoth Mountain Bike Park or on other Eastern Sierra trails.
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| Riding around Saddlebag Lake, near the eastern (Tioga Pass) entrance to Yosemite. | My bike. |
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| After a minor crash. | The best part of hiking is wildlife. Lillium parvus, Eastern Sierra tiger lily. |
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| Rainbow Falls with an actual rainbow. | Lots of connections with the Pacific Crest Trail and John Muir Trails. |
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| Scotland is one of my two favorite places on Earth. This is the countryside just outside Craigievar Castle, Aberdeenshire. | Hawaii is the other, any island really. This is Waimea Beach Park on Oahu. Someday we will travel again. |