Outings Reports

By Jeff Johnson GLS had three Los Angeles County holiday lights walks in 2025 — central, northwest, and southeast. Here are some pictures of what we saw. Larchmont, Windsor Square, and Hancock Park, Saturday Dec. 6 We headed out after…
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By Jeff Johnson, story and photos For our 2025 holiday party, Ted and Phil kindly offered us their house in the Larchmont neighborhood of Los Angeles. It was a great spot for it. GLS friends we haven’t seen in years…
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Led by Gail Wise and Jennifer Dooley Jeff Johnson Gail and Jen led a group of hardy GLS hikers to Pacifico Mountain, one of the San Gabriel peaks that: has a good trail; is not right off the Angeles Crest…
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Led by Nancy Beverly and Tejinder Dhillon By Nancy Beverly One of my fav hikes, Mt. Hillyer! We all thought it would be chilly up in the San Gabriels, after all, this was the end of October, but after about…
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Led by Nancy Beverly and Heidi Lennartz By Heidi Lennartz Twelve hikers met up at Placerita Canyon State Park (home of the Placerita Canyon Nature Center) in Newhall to trek up Canyon Trail to the Waterfall. It was a beautiful…
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Led by Nancy Beverly and Jeff Johnson By Jeff Johnson Stacey & Christin, the hosts of the LezGo Travel Show, were coming to town to learn about gay and lesbian life and history in Los Angeles. Nancy arranged for them…
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Led by Gail Wise and Jennifer Dooley By Jeff Johnson The hike that was planned and scouted for Sept. 27 was from Dawson Saddle to Mt. Baden-Powell, a favorite high altitude hike on the main ridge of the San Gabriels,…
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Led by Nancy Beverly By Nancy Beverly History is interesting, isn’t it? As I looked at the photos in the Queer Lens and the $3 Bill exhibits at the Getty Museum during our GLS trip there August 23, I couldn’t…
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