About a month ago it occurred to me that all the hikes I’ve been writing about at my homepage might constitute “local copy” that the folks at the paper might be interested in publishing somewhere. I mentioned this to one…
Tom’s travels
A plug for plain ol’ walking
by tmangan • April 9, 2007 • 2 Comments
So we’re pretty much settled in at the new place in town and the past couple weekends I’ve been hitting the sidewalks to see what’s within easy reach. The great thing about being accustomed to 12-mile Saturday jaunts with 2,000…
Post No. 1,001
by tmangan • April 3, 2007 • 4 Comments
We’ve just gone over the thousand-post mark here at Two-Heel Drive. Give yourself a hand if you’ve followed along all this time.
Promises, promises….
by tmangan • March 28, 2007 • 1 Comment
All our junk is in the new place, the computer desk is back up and running, and I should be able to resume goofing off in the familiar fashion on Thursday. (I walked to work Wednesday for the first time…
Move update
by tmangan • March 20, 2007 • 0 Comments
We’re moving this coming weekend so things oughta be back to normal by next week. In the meantime, be sure you tip your bartenders and partake of the many fine hiking blogs linked at left. And please be careful out…
Change is good update
by tmangan • March 15, 2007 • 0 Comments
I’ve unloaded my CD and book collections (both numbering the hundreds) and the component stereo system with tower speakers gets donated to the thrift store tomorrow. When it’s all said and done my stereo life will be reduced to one…
Change is good
by tmangan • March 12, 2007 • 5 Comments
So here’s the thing: Melissa and I have decided the pastoral life is perhaps best left to pastors, or something, but in any case we’re moving back to town in the next month and that’s going to require a major…
St. Patrick’s Day outing update
by tmangan • March 8, 2007 • 1 Comment
So Fedak and Tom Clifton are both interested in a Ventana Wilderness outing, and Fedak has a couple options lined up. He says we need to leave Mountain View very early on Saturday, like 7 a.m. Works for me, I…
Time for another outing
by tmangan • March 5, 2007 • 9 Comments
It’s come to my attention that St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, falls on a Saturday this year, which sounds like an excellent excuse to wet the whistle with foamy malt-based beverages after a few hours on the trail. So, here’s…