I downloaded Version 2 of Mozilla Firefox the other day an I’m liking what I’m seeing. Two features make my blogging life happy: Inline spell-checker: It’ll flag any misspelled words you type into a Web form, which makes it especially…
Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
Forest of Nisene Parks State Park: A good day to be in the woods
by tmangan • November 12, 2006 • 1 Comment
So I arrive at a municipal parking lot in Los Gatos where I’m supposed to meet my fellow hikers and I see some folks milling about. They look gray-haired and respectable, so I park the Hiker Hauler and wander over.…
Mangan's memoirs
Quick comment on Tuesday’s election
by tmangan • November 10, 2006 • 0 Comments
Americans cannot stand a unified government, and there’s at least a scrap of evidence that unified government doesn’t like America. To wit: 1960s: Democrats run everything. Result: Calamity in Vietnam. 2000s: Republicans run everything: Result: Calamity in Iraq. The saying…
Hiking
What’s the worst jam you’ve ever been in?
by tmangan • November 10, 2006 • 7 Comments
This story about two backpackers whose overnighter into Olympic National Park turned into five days wandering lost in the woods made me wonder if others had similar stories, or worse. So fess up: click on “add your feedback” and tell…
In the news
Floods pound Glacier
by tmangan • November 9, 2006 • 0 Comments
Glacier National Park has been hit pretty hard by flooding on Tuesday, National Parks Traveler reports. From a Great Falls Tribune report on the flooding. Floodwaters from a freak November rainstorm swept away a large chunk of the famous Going-to-the-Sun…
Gear
For the almost-barefoot experience
by tmangan • November 9, 2006 • 1 Comment
Geared Up Blog links to Five Finger Shoes from Vibram. They’re like little booties that strap over your feet and separate your toes. No idea how long they last, but they look really cool.
Hiking
Links for Northwest hikers
by tmangan • November 9, 2006 • 0 Comments
All you Northwesties who haven’t been there already oughta check out NWHikers.net, which I discovered this morning from a link at the Washington Trails Association blog. Tons o’ discussions, links & such. The forum has a section for links, blogs…
Tom's travels
This time it’s my birthday
by tmangan • November 8, 2006 • 0 Comments
I wrote some stuff about it at my other blog.
In the news
Great news for wildlife lovers
by tmangan • November 8, 2006 • 1 Comment
Richard Pombo will be leaving the United States House of Representatives. The Washington Post ranked Pombo’s campaign among the 10 worst-run incumbent campaigns in the country, and the Tracy rancher faced a last-minute onslaught of campaigning by well-financed environmental groups…