Random Curiosity topped the towering Jacks Peak (elev. 1,068), which he describes as the highest point overlooking Monterey Bay. It’s about a third of a mile from the parking lot. Because such a short hike was hardly satisfying, I continued…
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Secluded coastal hikes
by tmangan • October 10, 2007 • 0 Comments
A site called Coastal Living has a list of intriguing coastal strolls around the nation. They plucked this one from the zillions of California choices: California: Redwood National Park South of the Oregon border, hikers will discover a flamboyantly scenic…
What the Indians ate
by tmangan • October 10, 2007 • 0 Comments
Midpeninsula Open Space District sponsors a nature walk from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve. This hike is all about ethnobotany: how the Indians and settlers used native plants medicinally and in a wide…
Wanted: East Bay hikers with strong legs
by tmangan • October 10, 2007 • 2 Comments
The Greenbelt Alliance has an interesting hike coming up on Saturday, Oct. 20: Rocky Ridge Ramble East Bay – Greenbelt Outing See what Contra Costa County would look like without its suburban sprawl. This rigorous hike takes us through some…
Just what I need, another online addiction
by tmangan • October 9, 2007 • 2 Comments
An old friend from college dropped me a note asking me to join Facebook.com. Many of you know how this works: once you get signed up you go trolling for acquaintances and ask them to join your friends list. This…
Latest hike: Windy Hill Open Space Preserve
by tmangan • October 8, 2007 • 3 Comments
On a clear day you can see Sunnyvale. The operative question being: why would you want to? Sunday was one of the clearest, see-all-the-way-to-San Francisco days in recent memory (which, in my case, goes back to about last Thursday, though,…
Gambolin’ Man in Moab
by tmangan • October 8, 2007 • 0 Comments
Tom stopped by that place of general, all-around wonderfulness in Utah. Somehow, in the conditioned mind, you’re not supposed to see or associate water with an arid environment. And yet here! –and there! – and everywhere! – it exists, flowing…
Tons o’ hike suggestions
by tmangan • October 8, 2007 • 0 Comments
Mountain Network News, a local monthly newspaper serving Los Gatos and the Santa Cruz Mountains, has an excellent page of hikes throughout the Bay Area. The site’s keeper is one Neil Wiley, who gets extra credit for a) owning a…
‘Healthy Trails’ in Santa Clara County
by tmangan • October 5, 2007 • 0 Comments
The Parks Department is planning a Trail Challenge that dares everybody to overcome their nature-deficit disorder by enduring the rigors of five — count ’em, five! — hikes in 12 months on the county’s trails. (Upside: if your quest ends…