Fog, hills, ocean, and elks – oh my!  One of the best hikes I have ever done, the Tomales Point Trail along the Point Reyes National Seashore. Worth it just to see all the elk close up, let alone the great views.  A 9.5 mile hike there and back hike. Not too bad, with only [...]

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You know Luke. Jasmine’s brother, homebrewing catalyst, and avid adventurer. You have also probably read about mountainbeering. Well it now has its own home. Patrick and Luke will whisk you away to the far corners of the world, hiking, climbing, and having some damn good beer. Check out one of the latest [...]

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Dear Jasmine & Joe,
Bend, OR was great! I went to Deschutes (free tasters), then to Bend Brewery (female brew master), then to Silver Moon Brewing (divey, no need to act classy here!) and ended my afternoon at the Deschutes brew pub. They use their spent grain to make hamburger buns & feed cows. They then [...]

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Technically, to get to Partington Cove you do not hike UP a mountain. Instead, you have a short hike DOWN to the ocean. But since we did a lot of hiking in general over our weekend in Big Sur, and since you do have to hike back UP to Hwy. 1, we decided drinking a beer [...]

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Kings Canyon and Yosemite National Parks are like Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan. No matter how good Pippen got, he could never step out of Jordan’s shadow. Kids across the country were fighting each other for ownership of the newest Jordan card. I, however, quietly sat back and collected an overabundance of Pippen cards. Now, [...]

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