There’s a large lake about a mile from here …. you don’t see anybody swimming or water-skiing in it because it’s there for one reason: to store rainwater that makes it possible for people to live in California for the…
Trails
Two days, two peaks
by tmangan • August 8, 2004 • 3 Comments
More pix from my hiking excursions. Yesterday, I went down the hill to Ed Levin County Park, which has a trail up to Monument Peak — it’s the hill with the big towers that’s in the background of some of…
On a Mission
by tmangan • July 25, 2004 • 4 Comments
The scene: Mission Peak summit. I’m looking due west at a layer of clouds — a flat, fluffy white lawn of condensation — at eye level. The whole valley has been fogged in all morning, and the only way to…