Saw lots of running water yesterday at Henry Coe State Park. Words & pix here.

I’m hiking this morning anyway. Be back tomorrow, same Bat time, same Bat channel.

I haven’t been on a trail since a week ago Sunday because the rain just flat refuses to go away. I have resorted to reading Trail Journals entries to be reassured that somebody’s getting some hiking done. Here’s what’s happening…

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You may have heard that Knight Ridder, which owns my newspaper, has been sold and the buyer plans to sell the Mercury News, which pays my salary. My take on the situation is here.

Photographic evidence here.

So I”ve got a week’s vacation coming up at the end of March and I’m determined to take me a little backpacking trip of three to four days. There are a couple obvious trips nearby, like the Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail and…

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My latest hike is posted here. I did the Berry Creek Falls Loop at Big Basin Redwoods State Park.

So I was all set to take a three-day snow-camping trip this weekend to Butte Lake at Lassen Volcanic National Park. I had experienced people to go with; I had my new snowhoes; I had my zero-degree sleeping bag. What…

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Yesterday I got an e-mail from one of the folks at backcountry.com, asking if I’d add a link to their site on my rail down there at the left under “gear retailers.” The guy offered to sweeten the deal by…

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