• Home
  • Outdoor Adventures
    • Destination: The PNW
    • Destination: California
      • Yosemite
      • Tahoe Area
      • The Sierras
      • SF – Bay Area
    • Destination: Alaska
    • Destination: Hawaii
    • Destination: The Southwest
    • Road Trips
  • Places to Visit
  • Gear Reviews
  • Travel Talk
  • Contact

Traveler Ted

Sharing My Travels & Adventures From the West Coast and Beyond

    Keen Targhee III Waterproof Mid Boot Photo

    Gear Review: Keen’s Targhee III Waterproof Mid Hiking Boots

    Gear Reviews June 23, 2020

    A couple months back with summer closing in and a lot of local hiking to occupy my weekends, I decided it was time to change up my boots and break in something new. So I picked up a pair of Keen’s Targhee III hiking boots in a mid-height cut for a little more ankle support and have been up and down plenty of trails with them since from dirt days to some unexpected snow and everything between. The shoe shelves…

    Continue Reading

    0 Comments
  • Travel Talk

    Visiting Yosemite During COVID – My Experience (June 2020)

    What a year it’s been. Lockdowns, phased re-openings and finally the chance to travel again including to Yosemite which opened up in full just 10 days ago after a few…

    June 21, 2020
  • Mount Diablo from Eagle Peak Summit
    Trail Guides

    Trail Guide: Hiking Mount Diablo’s Eagle Peak via Regency Gate (7 miles / 2,200′ / 2-4 hours)

    At about 20,000 acres, Mount Diablo State Park is home to a lot more great hikes than just up to the summit (though that’s always worth doing for the climb…

    May 25, 2020
  • Trail Guides

    Trail Guide: Mount Diablo via Regency Gate (10-12mi / 3,500′)

    Rising to just 3,849′, Mount Diablo may seem, well, short when compared to the sierra mountains just a few hours to the east. Yet driving into the Bay Area from…

    May 25, 2020
  • Topo Maps -- From Before App Time
    Gear Reviews

    3 of the Best Paid Hiking Apps for GPS & Trails

    Sitting front and center in my gear room [sorry guests, the toys come first] is a box full of paper maps for parks mountains around the world. There’s something I…

    November 10, 2019
  • Mount Dana Summit Views
    Trail Guides

    Trail Guide: Hiking Yosemite’s Mount Dana (3,100′ / 5.25 miles / 5-7 hours)

    There are a lot of impressive mountains in Yosemite and plenty more all around it so getting to the top of the park for a view of the world is…

    August 26, 2019
  • Lassen Peak Views
    Outdoor Adventures

    Kicking Off Summer with an Almost Winter-type Hike up Lassen Peak

    Hike date: 6/22/2019. Summit reached via snow and regular switchbacks. Summer has just arrived but as anyone who has visited Lassen National Park knows, summer is a relative term. With…

    June 23, 2019
Older Posts →

Copyright 2020 Traveler Ted. Feel free to edit / quote / embed with credit and for editorial or commercial use, contact me.