Remember Erik the Invisible Hiker? The trail seems to be mellowing him, if this post is any indication: As we walked along the aqueduct a group approached from the rear which turned out to be Sage, Burning Man, Tony, Nadine…
Monthly Archives: June 2007
The Walkies
by tmangan • June 4, 2007 • 2 Comments
Elizabeth King, keeper of the Walktopia blog, dropped me an e-mail this morning reporting she had named Two-Heel Drive the Best Hiking Blog, one of a raft of “best-ofs” she’s added to the rail on her blog. The rest of…
Wallace Stegner on the Wilderness
by tmangan • June 4, 2007 • 0 Comments
Found this link to his “Wilderness Letter” at the WTA blog. Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed; if we permit the last virgin forests to be turned…
Deep in the woods at Purisima
by tmangan • June 3, 2007 • 9 Comments
Summertime’s upon us in Silicon Valley and I’ve finally gotten it into my head that it’s not necessary to spend every weekend sweating through dusty trails on hills that have gone from green to brown. Along the Santa Cruz Mountains…
Reminder: National Trails Day is tomorrow
by tmangan • June 1, 2007 • 0 Comments
Even though I’ve been blogging about overall greatness of hiking for over a year and a half and haven’t heard a peep of gratitude from the American Hiking Society, I’m still going to recommend getting involved in whatever National Trails…