I’ll be at Butano State Park today and probably tomorrow … compelling images and raw human drama to follow later tonight. Thanks a zillion for all the suggestions that poured in last week
Mangan’s memoirs
Wanted: Suggestions for a future Hikes column
by tmangan • August 1, 2007 • 9 Comments
Might as well let some of y’all help out with an upcoming column. It runs in early September, so cool weather is still a primary concern, which leaves out a lot of the sweltering East Bay parks. Other side of…
Where’s the go-to site for Bay Area outdoorspeople?
by tmangan • July 19, 2007 • 1 Comment
Interesting quote I just stumbled upon: “Few residents and fewer visitors realize that no other major metropolitan center holds such an extensive system of natural areas. The extraordinary total of wild greenbelts in the Bay Area exceeds Yosemite National Park…
We have our first sponsor
by tmangan • July 18, 2007 • 2 Comments
Awhile back an e-mail arrived from Jan Coyle, who runs a local guided-hiking service called Pacific Pathways, which specializes in trips to New Zealand and Australia. She had a few folks back out of an upcoming trip, so she asked…
Travels with 4WheelBob
by tmangan • July 9, 2007 • 5 Comments
“This looks pretty steep through here, ” I say. “You sure you want to try it?” “You can’t let six feet of trail defeat you,” Bob says. What happens next is an unforgettable hiking-with-Bob moment. Bob has gotten his chair…
Site revised
by tmangan • July 2, 2007 • 3 Comments
I tweaked the pages a bit and diddled with the color scheme, so now with that out of the way I can get working on more actual fresh content — it’ll have to wait till tomorrow, though, because I have…
Buying an ad at Two-Heel Drive
by tmangan • July 1, 2007 • 0 Comments
Two-Heel Drive is the San Francisco Bay Area’s only blog devoted solely to local outdoor recreation opportunities. It’s updated every Monday with a new photo essay, and posts updates with news, commentary and links throughout the week. Content here focuses…
Why build a blog on Bay Area hiking?
by tmangan • June 29, 2007 • 0 Comments
Mostly because Northern California has more trails than it knows what to do with. Marin County alone has over 500 miles of hiking trails and I’ve trod perhaps a dozen, so the field is wide open. I started Two-Heel Drive…
Reinvention time
by tmangan • June 28, 2007 • 4 Comments
OK, so all my hard work of the last 20 months (OK, goofing off, but still…) has earned me an audience of about 200 people a day who actually visit my site and wonder when I’m going to get to…