Operative adjective of the past few days has been "scalding." Well, scalding by our standards. It’s not like the brutal 95/95 (degrees/humidity) that we’ve known in Tampa or the insufferable 103/92 we’ve known in Peoria, but even when there are…
Monthly Archives: July 2005
Back to Big Basin
by tmangan • July 18, 2005 • 2 Comments
So I’m sitting on the end of fallen redwood six miles into the semi-wilds of Big Basin State Park (it’s far too popular with humans to be truly wild). I’m in a lush valley near a creek that burbles, roars…
Big Sur, for sure
by tmangan • July 10, 2005 • 0 Comments
“No camper has ever been turned away from Andrew Molera State Park,” Teresa told us. Teresa’s the co-founder of the East Bay Backpacking Club. She planned an easy weekend trip at the park, which is perched on the Big Sur…