I’m entertaining guests from out of town the next few days but should be back at the keyboard around Thursday or so. If you did anything cool over the weekend, share with your friends in the comments.
Media (books, DVDs, etc)
Review — Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County
by tom • May 30, 2009 • 0 Comments
Hiking Marin: 141 Great Hikes in Marin County If you want to hike the North Bay, from the Marin Headlands to Point Reyes National Seashore, Don and Kay Martin’s “Hiking Marin” will get you there. Each hike has detailed shaded-relief…
Saving California's state parks
Governor wants to close all our favorite state parks
by tom • May 29, 2009 • 2 Comments
Alert reader Gus sent this link to a Sacramento Bee story of proposed state parks to be closed. These are the ones in the Bay Area. Places I’ve been to are bold-faced. Here’s the list of the sites that will…
Travel
Working on a guide to redwoods in the Bay Area
by tom • May 28, 2009 • 6 Comments
Update: It’s started here. I’m putting together a page of links and facts for folks who might be visiting the area and want to a) see some excellent ancient redwoods; and b) avoid the throngs at Muir Woods. Of course…
Saving California's state parks
State parks on the chopping block again
by tom • May 27, 2009 • 10 Comments
Hope you’re fine with the county parks and open space preserves: Once again Gov. Schwarzenegger thinks cutting $70 million in parks funding will somehow close the gap on a $20 billion deficit. This is clearly a political stunt like it…
Blogs
The Adventure Life, the best outdoor blog there ever was
by tom • May 27, 2009 • 9 Comments
I dropped in on the Wicked Outdoorsy blog the other day and found an interview with Steve Casimiro, West Coast editor of National Geographic Adventure magazine and keeper of The Adventure Life, his personal blog. In the interview, Casimiro fired…
Hiking
Randy Lloyd’s Yosemite hikes
by tom • May 26, 2009 • 1 Comment
Randy’s Waypoints blog recounts his most recent foray to Yosemite at one of the best times to go: in mid-May when the water’s really running. From his Half Dome ascent: Up on top there was still some snow hanging around,…
Tom's travels
Get Two-Heel Drive via e-mail
by tom • May 26, 2009 • 0 Comments
I added this to my rail awhile back to see if anybody actually noticed it. A couple people have signed up so, what the heck, if you’d like the folks at Feedburner to send you an e-mail every time I…
Tom's travels
Laughable Google Maps route
by tom • May 26, 2009 • 5 Comments
Check this out: Google Maps lists this as an alternate route to the Dowdy Ranch entrance to Henry Coe State Park: View Larger Map Those roads are definitely on the map, but there’s no way to drive through them unless…