I’ve alluded to this in previous posts but this one will be the general summation: 4WheelBob thinks he can wheel himself to the summit of White Mountain in the Eastern Sierra near Big Pine, CA. I’m going to tag along…

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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

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…

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“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…

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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…

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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…

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I felt like changing things around but I’ll probably change them back.

I wrote about Long Ridge Open Space Preserve this time.

My first attempt was at Coyote Hills Regional Park.