If you went in a previous year and were hoping to repeat this year, you’re too late. It happened March 28, 2009. I just noticed that people who Googled “El Toro Morgan Hill” were getting linked to a preview post…
Hiking
Latest local hiking links
by tom • April 1, 2009 • 1 Comment
Camping blogger on coping with mishaps. Flirty n’ dirty checks out Marin’s Pine Mountain Road-Kent Lake Loop. Uncooped comments on using panties for a compass. BondGURL’s first hike of Trail Challenge ’09 goes to Roberts Regional Recreation Area & Redwood…
Best time to hike in the Bay Area
by tom • March 30, 2009 • 4 Comments
It’s right now: The last couple weeks of March through the first couple weeks of May. This two-month span is the time to put off all your weekend household projects (you’ll have nice weather all summer), start shamelessly evangelizing your…
Today’s hike: McNee Ranch/Montara Mountain
by tom • March 29, 2009 • 0 Comments
Gonna see how the coastal hills look at this time of year. Probably will post tomorrow…. lots o’ miles to cover from the South Bay.
Hiking in Heels checks out Cataract Falls
by tom • March 28, 2009 • 0 Comments
Cataract Falls has scant parking nearby so you’re better off checking it out on weekday, but any day you get there is apt to be a good one. Hiking in Heels enthuses: The beautiful trail was lush and very green,…
Lights out for Earth Hour
by tom • March 28, 2009 • 0 Comments
Do-gooders of the world, unite, and turn everything off for an hour at 8:30 p.m. We should try this around the newsroom tonight, should be way fun. It’s almost certain that the planet will thank us with the usual array…
Did you do El Toro in Morgan Hill this year?
by tom • March 28, 2009 • 0 Comments
Drop a link in the comments if you did. I have to work all day Saturdays these days so I couldn’t get away for today’s festivities. A scene from El Toro Hike 2008.
Cool time-killer tool: Mapjack
by tom • March 27, 2009 • 0 Comments
Mapjack can take you on virtual roadtrips. It’s primarily a test of concept right now but it has most of the main roads at Yosemite mapped out. This one’s at Tenaya Lake: The pull-down menu at the top left under…
Hiking with headphones: guilty as charged
by tom • March 27, 2009 • 11 Comments
The other day I was stumbling up out of the rocky creekbed at Sunol’s Little Yosemite with Lou Reed’s “Heroin” in my headphones. Heroin, be the death of me Heroin, its my wife and its my life Because a mainer…