A Web wayfarer named Bob Bardell dropped by yesterday and sent me a note pointing to EastBayHillPeople.com, a companion site to a guidebook describing evidence of Native American culture in the East Bay hills. Hikers in particular can soak this…
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Mount Whitney hiking blog
by tom • May 28, 2008 • 5 Comments
Just happened upon this blog this morning: Mount Whitney and Eastern Sierra Hiking. It’s the latest addition to this site devoted to all things Whitney. Coolest link I found there: A Whitney Portal Store BBS post showing how many of…
Top 10 things that never happen on hikes
by tom • May 28, 2008 • 7 Comments
10. Sinkful of dinner dishes 9. Paparazzi infestations 8. Block-rockin’ beats 7. Oprah love fests 6. “We report, you decide” 5. Housing bubbles 4. Government bail-outs 3. Hillary wooing the working class 2. Sitcom pitches 1. Blog updates (Please feel…
Hiking with llamas at Redwood Regional Park
by tom • May 28, 2008 • 1 Comment
A local blog called Today in Montclair, 94611, points to an interesting outing at Redwood Regional Park. Llama packers will guide the 4-6 mile hikes, held from 10am-4pm on Saturday and Sunday. According to the packers, “you will have the…
Turning kids loose in nature
by tom • May 26, 2008 • 0 Comments
Dana Hull of the Mercury News talks to people who are trying to bring back the era of unstructured play and get kids interested in outdoor adventures. As summer approaches and Wii sales climb toward 10 million, a growing number…
Huddart County Park: A preview
by tom • May 20, 2008 • 4 Comments
I’ve plucked Huddart Park in San Mateo County from the many fine suggestions that arrived yesterday. What’s next: hiking there this Sunday and perhaps the one after that. Naturally, bahiker.com has Huddart covered. Jane Huber compares it to nearby Wunderlich…
Let me know if your comments don’t show up
by tom • May 19, 2008 • 2 Comments
If you’ve posted a comment and it’s not showing up, there’s a 99.9 percent chance it’s getting held up by my spam filter. If so, drop me an e-mail at twoheedrive@gmail.com I can click a few buttons and make it…
Summer hiking suggestions needed
by tom • May 19, 2008 • 24 Comments
My Wilder Ranch column will appear (if there are no publishing glitches) in the Mercury News on June 5, and the one after that will be June 15 — at which time I’ll be obligated to start writing about places…
Sew your own hiking clothes
by tom • May 16, 2008 • 1 Comment
The truly inspired need no patterns, but sane owners of sewing machines often go to places like butterick.com for guidance (my mom sewed reams of stuff from those patterns). Today Melissa bumped into this page: Butterick Green Pepper, which has…