Laura Bush and her entourage showed up in southern Utah the other day; word is they’ll be spending most of the week in the park. One guest – who only identified himself as “John” – said he and a friend…
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Fuji by night
by tmangan • April 30, 2007 • 0 Comments
Got some aches and pains?
by tmangan • April 30, 2007 • 0 Comments
Maybe you need the Chinese Suction Treatment.
Why no work’s getting done at San Jose City Hall this week
by tmangan • April 30, 2007 • 3 Comments
Everybody’s watching the Falcon Cam! The falcons are a nesting pair named Jose and Clara, and they’ve just had new babies hatch over the weekend. The last time I looked, one of the parents was wiggling and nudging the brood…
Calero revisited
by tmangan • April 29, 2007 • 0 Comments
“It was a great six-mile hike. Unfortunately, we had to hike 10.” M. Wimble, FOMFOK That’s one of Mike’s favorite descriptions of outings in which the accumulation of miles manages to drain most of the fun out of a walk…
Quotes of the day
by tmangan • April 27, 2007 • 5 Comments
From As the Crow Flies:
Yes Trespassing
by tmangan • April 27, 2007 • 0 Comments
Andy Howell commemorates the Kinder Trespass, in which a group of working people staged a 1932 mass protest demanding their right to walk in the countryside. They walked on land belonging to an aristocrat who insisted five of them go…
So far, so good
by tmangan • April 27, 2007 • 0 Comments
You may recall Cari Tucker, aka Sandals, whose plans for a 2007 Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike were interrupted last year by the small detail of a broken ankle. She must’ve done everything right, healingwise, because she made it to Warner…
One of my pictures got published
by tmangan • April 26, 2007 • 0 Comments
“A sign at Lassen Volcanic National Park,” from the photo stream of busybeingborn. It’s on Page 9 of “Rude World, 100 Rudest Place Names in the World,” which arrived in today’s mail (Thanks Rob and Ed). More of the book’s…