There seems to be a fundamental force of nature which requires that on the day you forget to take your camera along, the skies will be an impossible canvas of California blue, the clouds decorating these skies will billow in…
Day hikes I’ve done
A moist walk to Tafoni Monolith
by tmangan • May 21, 2006 • 2 Comments
So I sat on my fanny for five gorgeous, sunny days that were supposed to be a vacation last week. I was figuring on getting in some hikes and maybe a camp-out till the Festival of Phlegm came to town.…
Mother’s Day at Grant County Park
by tmangan • May 14, 2006 • 0 Comments
So it’s Mother’s Day and how’s this for luck: My mom lives 2000 miles away so I’m free to spend the day on the trail. The Diablo Range (official title of the hills east of San Jose) is still mostly…
Yet another Henry Coe hike
by tmangan • May 8, 2006 • 0 Comments
This week’s hike will only seem like a rerun. The pictures were all taken yesterday, but it has many things in common with previous hikes, primarily that it was at Henry Coe State Park (four weeks in a row; where…
Getting my feet wet
by tmangan • April 16, 2006 • 1 Comment
Before I get to this week’s hike, I have to revisit last week, when the instructor of my lightweight backpacking class mentioned having gone on a hike that required something like 50 stream crossings. Somebody asked if he changed out…
Coast Trail, Palomarin Trail Head, Point Reyes National Seashore
by tmangan • March 27, 2006 • 3 Comments
My feet are sore, my thighs are stiff, so I must’ve done something right yesterday. I drove 90 miles to the southern end of Point Reyes National Seashore to hike 5.5 miles up the Coast Trail to a place called…
Return to the Pinnacles
by tmangan • March 19, 2006 • 1 Comment
Seems like it’s rained every day for the last three weeks. I was so fed up with hiking in the mud that I skipped my morning hikes all week, so I was ready for some trail time this weekend. Mike…
See more snow
by tmangan • March 12, 2006 • 2 Comments
It snows hard on the hills around Silicon Valley every second year or so. We got zero snow last year so I figured this weekend’s snowstorm — coming this late in the winter — is about the most we can…
Creeks, falls and redwoods
by tmangan • March 5, 2006 • 1 Comment
Sorry, no snow this week after all. I bailed on snow-camping at Lassen Volcanic National Park because the weather was too, well, snowy. I ended up goofing off most of the weekend, but did manage to get one hike in…