Alert reader Ann L. sends along this link: Natural Born Hikers. The site has been around for ages and is updated in a whenever-the-get-around-to manner which suggests they prize hiking over goofing off online. I always respect qualities in other…
Monthly Archives: July 2008
Tahoe Rim Trail links
by tom • July 10, 2008 • 8 Comments
Fedak left for two weeks on the Tahoe Rim Trail yesterday without so much as an aloha or arm wave, but I don’t blame him: overexposure to my ramblings no doubt left him two options: go out of his mind…
4WheelBob earns President’s Fitness Award
by tom • July 10, 2008 • 2 Comments
If you ever wondered about Bob’s regular-guy cred, well, he reads this blog every day but I had to read about him winning this award from That Other Tom at the Chronicle. On the visor of my truck, a postcard-size…
Redwood Regional Park trail closure next week
by tom • July 9, 2008 • 1 Comment
The park in the Oakland Hills is announcing this trail closure: Redwood Regional Park Trail Segment Temporarily Closed for a Hazardous Tree and Fuel Mitigation Project Beginning Tuesday, July 15, the East Bay Regional Park District will begin a hazardous…
Next up: Henry Cowell Redwoods
by tom • July 9, 2008 • 2 Comments
I’m finally going to get around to checking out Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, which has two sections in the woods near Felton in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I’ve been to Cowell’s Fall Creek Unit a couple times (hikes here…
Added the Twitter plugin…
by tom • July 8, 2008 • 0 Comments
Now all my posts should also be tweets. Assuming Twitter hasn’t crashed again.
Cool map of East Bay parks and improvement plans
by tom • July 8, 2008 • 10 Comments
This map shows where millions of dollars would be spent if a parks measure passes. Among the highlights: $5 million for Sunol Wilderness. $8.1 million for Coyote Hills Regional Park $8.3 million for Las Trampas Wilderness $4.5 million for Black…
Another hike at Pescadero Creek County Park
by tom • July 7, 2008 • 4 Comments
I covered a slice of Pescadero Creek a couple weeks ago but I knew I’d have to come back. The park delights my inner wannabe social historian — mercilessly logged by previous generations, now hiked by few who realize how…
Please go hike somewhere today
by tom • July 4, 2008 • 6 Comments
I’m stuck working today, so trod some dirt in my honor.