A couple Merc reporters compiled a nice story on folks whose land is mostly ashes these days because of the fire in and around Henry Coe State Park. Twenty-four hours later, their weekend getaway was gone. The massive Lick fire,…
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Henry Coe fire discussion
by tmangan • September 7, 2007 • 0 Comments
Seven pages of comments at mtbr.com, a forum for mountain bikers. Some folks were actually out riding on Monday when the fire started. Coe does cause people to go insane. UPDATE: I found a cool Flickr photo gallery from somebody…
Latest Hikes column: Butano State Park
by tmangan • September 7, 2007 • 0 Comments
Actually, it was posted yesterday: Some hiker friends of mine visit Butano State Park mainly as excuse to stop off for pie at Duarte’s in Pescadero, a few miles down the road. Duarte’s bakes luscious pies with berries picked from…
Blogger Ho-Down update
by tmangan • September 7, 2007 • 0 Comments
Steve Sergeant sent me an e-mail last night wondering about the status of the Ho Down, whose planning I’ve been willfully neglecting for some weeks now. Here’s the deal: If y’all want to organize a meet-up, go for it, but…
Round ‘n’ round at Forest of Nisene Marks
by tmangan • September 6, 2007 • 0 Comments
Random Curiosity got turned around the other day in search of the famed Loma Prieta Earthquake epicenter. The epicenter was found (unlike my foray into the park last year) but after that, well, staying found was the challenge.
Latest on the Henry Coe fire
by tmangan • September 6, 2007 • 3 Comments
Somebody at a hunting club nearby was burning something in a barrel and it got out of hand. Authorities announced Wednesday that the Lick fire was started by careless behavior at a private hunting camp near a spot called Booze…
Facts on the Santa Cruz Mountains
by tmangan • September 5, 2007 • 2 Comments
From ABC of Hiking: The area now occupied by the San Cruz Mountains was, in pre-hisortic time, the entrance to a vast inland sea that encompassed central California’s San Joaquin Valley. These mountains lie on a large section of land…
Wagbags on Whitney
by tmangan • September 5, 2007 • 4 Comments
For those who missed it yesterday, the New York Times has the, uh, poop on the absence of the privy atop the highest peak in the lower 48.
Nasty fire near Henry Coe State Park
by tmangan • September 4, 2007 • 6 Comments
“Fire at Henry Coe State Park in California,” from the photo stream of d^b. A Flickr user flying into San Jose last night snapped this pic of the big fire burning near Henry Coe State Park. Word this morning is…