Rick Deutsch will talks about his book tonight at the new Sports Basement store at 1590 Bryant St. in the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. (415) 575-3000. More on the event here.
Trails
Ponderosa Trail at Henry Coe State Park
by tmangan • August 13, 2007 • 3 Comments
On Sunday, the forecast for Gilroy predicted a high of only 82, which struck me as an engraved invitation to stop in on Henry Coe State Park on the rare sub-100 day in August. Naturally, it was at least 10…
Trail restoration at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
by tmangan • August 8, 2007 • 0 Comments
VOCal, the outdoors volunteer organization, is getting a crew together this weekend to restore the River Trail at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park near Felton. About the Project: Volunteers will conduct extensive maintenance and rehabilitation of the very popular “River…
Butano revisited
by tmangan • August 6, 2007 • 1 Comment
I made another dash down to Butano State Park and did some more poking around on trails I missed Sunday. I’ll just jump straight to the pictures this time: One of the crossings on the Six Bridges Trail, which starts…
Latest hike: Butano State Park
by tmangan • August 6, 2007 • 5 Comments
My feet found fresh voice for their complaints along around mile 12. Right ankle decided with no prodding whatsoever to convey aches (and angst: what if I’ve got plantar fasciitis?) as I was working my way down the Jackson Flats…
Latest Hikes column: Portola Redwoods State Park
by tmangan • August 2, 2007 • 3 Comments
Posted at Mercurynews.com: The Old Tree is just a dot on the map of Portola Redwoods State Park – until you stand before its mind-boggling bulk and try to take it all in. It’s 297 feet tall, 12 feet across,…
Yet another Portola Redwoods State Park hike
by tmangan • July 30, 2007 • 0 Comments
It can’t be an epic adventure every week (and given my proclivities for safe, easily accessible nearby trails, my adventurers aren’t all that adventurous anyway). This week it was a few hours at Portola Redwoods State Park with Mike Wimble…
Four wide open space preserves
by tmangan • July 22, 2007 • 5 Comments
I couldn’t tell what the four guys in the big red fire truck from the California Department of Forestry were up to. Didn’t smell smoke, though, so I figured it must’ve been a Sunday training hike. About six steps into…
Latest Hikes column: Sanborn-Skyline County Park
by tmangan • July 19, 2007 • 0 Comments
From my Hikes column at the Mercury News. Early birds get the trails to themselves at Sanborn-Skyline, the popular Santa Clara County park just west of Saratoga. While the early hikers get the best rewards at pretty much any park,…