Go ahead, call me a hoodoo daddy. I’ve been to Bryce Canyon. Evidence here.
Tom's travels
Latest vacation pix posted
by tmangan • September 18, 2006 • 0 Comments
Monday’s vacation travels took me to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Words and pictures here.
Outdoor Blogger Ho Down
Ho Down update
by tmangan • September 15, 2006 • 2 Comments
These are the confirmed bloggers for the Mt. Shasta meetup: Little Po Trout Underground Fedak Wine Hiker GoBlog Best Hikes GoBlog has also invited every biking blogger on earth, but has no takers so far. Note that Rick McCharles, of…
Backpacking
A solo Arctic adventure
by tmangan • September 15, 2006 • 0 Comments
Happened across the page of a guy who solo hiked Alaska’s Brooks Range this summer. He saw a few grizzlies and a lot of arctic squirrels. And no sunset for weeks on end.
San Francisco Bay Area
A bridge far gone
by tmangan • September 14, 2006 • 0 Comments
You can’t go wrong checking out the Golden Gate Bridge. But there are good days and bad days to check it out. The good days are sunny afternoons in October when there’s no fog, when San Francisco is a shining…
Point Lobos State Preserve
Why the coast is priceless
by tmangan • September 12, 2006 • 0 Comments
"Is there ANYPLACE else on earth you’d want to be right now?" The guy’s breathing heavy with a look of orgiastic bliss on his face. As far as I know he has not just successfully seduced Eva Longoria, but you…
Blogs
Latest from the blogs
by tmangan • September 12, 2006 • 0 Comments
I’m on vacation this week and next, when we do Zion, Bryce and the North Rim all in one week (realizing that a month could be consumed in each of these locales. Well, that’s what the future’s for). Till then…
Fitness
Distance and calories-burned calculator
by tmangan • September 11, 2006 • 0 Comments
This is way, way cool: Gmap-Pedometer.com. It uses Google Maps to calculate how far you’ve walked and how many calories you’ve burned. The distance tool is reasonably accurate given that the only way to create points on your route is…
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
A creek to fall for
by tmangan • September 10, 2006 • 2 Comments
There used to be a limestone quarry here. Then somebody found a better way to extract lime from the stone and the site fell into ruin. The guy who started the quarry cut down most of the trees and laid…