This could well be the best time of the year to drop in on the Point Lobos State Preserve south of Carmel — with lingering summery warmth but just enough of the fog layer remaining to make things interesting. If…
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Some pix from Uvas Canyon
by tmangan • September 16, 2007 • 1 Comment
Melissa and I stopped by Uvas Canyon County Park for a few hours on Sunday. I wanted to see if there was any water in the waterfalls. There was, but not much. The pix: A bridge near the beginning of…
Dan on bivy camping
by tmangan • September 14, 2007 • 3 Comments
Dan Mitchell describes a couple days in the Sierra in which he was obliged to ride out a rain shower in the close confines of a bivy sack. He also had to figure out how one inserts one’s wet body…
Where to host your hiking blog
by tmangan • September 13, 2007 • 4 Comments
The owner of outdoorsblogger.com, no doubt influenced by the flashes of fame and rivers of wealth that reward blogging on the joys of walking upright on dirt — has not just created his own outdoors blog: he’s made it possible…
Great tip for backpacking meals
by tmangan • September 12, 2007 • 1 Comment
Cutter passes along a suggestion on how to know if you’ve got the right amount of water for reheating your dinner. Instead of carrying a measuring cup, take along a measuring stick, or better yet, carve some notches in your…
Some great hiking happening out there
by tmangan • September 12, 2007 • 1 Comment
Random Curiosity went to Lower Yosemite Falls on the weekend after Labor Day. Friday was an impatient kid in the backseat of Mr. and Mrs. Weekend’s minivan repeatedly asking, “Are we there yet?” Saturday was the hysterical mother screaming, “Do…
Coe fire contained
by tmangan • September 11, 2007 • 2 Comments
Cal Fire says the Lick fire is 100 percent contained. I don’t think that means “out,” by the way. Word has it the park will remain closed for a couple weeks while the remaining fire crews douse hot spots and…
Latest hike: Wunderlich County Park
by tmangan • September 10, 2007 • 1 Comment
You won’t get lost at Wunderlich. The signs won’t let you. Perhaps all the San Mateo County Parks Department sites have signs this good — it’ll be worth checking out the rest to see for myself. Every trail junction is…
History of Mission Peak
by tmangan • September 9, 2007 • 0 Comments
I received an e-mail this morning pointing to a history of the people who’ve lived around Mission Peak since the 1850s. At one point there was a game preserve up there, which produced this anecdote: In approximately 1916 a hiker…