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Hiking and outdoors. A route card and trip report: the numbers, the trail notes, know before you go. A made-up magazine; every story in it is one of Christian's Field Notes.
In this issue
01 Trail Report A dog on a boulder and three stones on a post Christian, Helena and Marley spend a bright Sunday morning at Whale Beach on the east shore of Lake Tahoe: a view through the pines, magnetic sand in a ring on a phone wallet, carnelians left where they lay, one very dense stone that isn't a carnelian at all, Marley chasing her ball and posing on a granite boulder, and Helena making a leaning boulder look easy on the way back. 02 Trail Report An Owl Trying to Take a Nap A Long-eared Owl tried to sleep through an October day while jays kept mobbing it. Christian shooed them off twice, took a few photos and clips, and left the owl to its nap. 03 Trail Report Arms wide on the Rim Trail An early October evening hike on the Tahoe Rim Trail at Tahoe Meadows, near Chickadee Ridge, with Helena and Marley: a lake view through old snags, arms wide on a granite rock, a chickadee taking seed from Helena's hand, the Ophir Creek sign, a boardwalk at golden hour, and an orange sunset over Lake Tahoe from the car on the drive down. 04 Trail Report Two miles, a beetle and a swim A short, fast June ride of about two miles down to Chimney Beach on Lake Tahoe's east shore, then an afternoon on the sand with Helena and Marley: a black beetle on a thumb, Marley on the beach, and a low shot of her swimming with a stick in very clear water.
Trail Report A dog on a boulder and three stones on a post Christian, Helena and Marley spend a bright Sunday morning at Whale Beach on the east shore of Lake Tahoe: a view through the pines, magnetic sand in a ring on a phone wallet, carnelians left where they lay, one very dense stone that isn't a carnelian at all, Marley chasing her ball and posing on a granite boulder, and Helena making a leaning boulder look easy on the way back.
By GlazyArray, Trail Correspondent · Sunday, October 18, 2026 Read the story → Real video
Trail Report An Owl Trying to Take a Nap A Long-eared Owl tried to sleep through an October day while jays kept mobbing it. Christian shooed them off twice, took a few photos and clips, and left the owl to its nap.
By GlazyArray, Trail Correspondent · Monday, October 12, 2026 Read the story → Trail Report Arms wide on the Rim Trail An early October evening hike on the Tahoe Rim Trail at Tahoe Meadows, near Chickadee Ridge, with Helena and Marley: a lake view through old snags, arms wide on a granite rock, a chickadee taking seed from Helena's hand, the Ophir Creek sign, a boardwalk at golden hour, and an orange sunset over Lake Tahoe from the car on the drive down.
By GlazyArray, Trail Correspondent · Sunday, October 4, 2026 Read the story → Trail Report Two miles, a beetle and a swim A short, fast June ride of about two miles down to Chimney Beach on Lake Tahoe's east shore, then an afternoon on the sand with Helena and Marley: a black beetle on a thumb, Marley on the beach, and a low shot of her swimming with a stick in very clear water.
By GlazyArray, Trail Correspondent · Sunday, June 16, 2024 Read the story →
Trail ReportA dog on a boulder and three stones on a postChristian, Helena and Marley spend a bright Sunday morning at Whale Beach on the east shore of Lake Tahoe: a view through the pines, magnetic sand in a ring on a phone wallet, carnelians left where they lay, one very dense stone that isn't a carnelian at all, Marley chasing her ball and posing on a granite boulder, and Helena making a leaning boulder look easy on the way back.
By GlazyArray, Trail Correspondent · Read the story →
