Gonna see how the coastal hills look at this time of year. Probably will post tomorrow…. lots o’ miles to cover from the South Bay.
Hiking
Hiking in Heels checks out Cataract Falls
by tom • March 28, 2009 • 0 Comments
Cataract Falls has scant parking nearby so you’re better off checking it out on weekday, but any day you get there is apt to be a good one. Hiking in Heels enthuses: The beautiful trail was lush and very green,…
In the news
Someday soon we’ll be able to hike to the top of Mount Umunhum
by tom • March 28, 2009 • 2 Comments
So says Paul Rogers in this morning’s Mercury News. After more than 22 years of bureaucratic inaction, efforts to clean up a former Air Force radar station on a scenic mountaintop above Silicon Valley and open its summit to hikers,…
Hiking
Lights out for Earth Hour
by tom • March 28, 2009 • 0 Comments
Do-gooders of the world, unite, and turn everything off for an hour at 8:30 p.m. We should try this around the newsroom tonight, should be way fun. It’s almost certain that the planet will thank us with the usual array…
Hiking
Did you do El Toro in Morgan Hill this year?
by tom • March 28, 2009 • 0 Comments
Drop a link in the comments if you did. I have to work all day Saturdays these days so I couldn’t get away for today’s festivities. A scene from El Toro Hike 2008.
Media (books, DVDs, etc)
Anybody read Wend magazine?
by tom • March 28, 2009 • 2 Comments
I stopped by the Web site this morning for a few minutes, noticed a North Bay trail on the blog and somebody’s Redwoods road trip, and wondered if I should spring for the mag. Your thoughts welcome.
Hiking
Cool time-killer tool: Mapjack
by tom • March 27, 2009 • 0 Comments
Mapjack can take you on virtual roadtrips. It’s primarily a test of concept right now but it has most of the main roads at Yosemite mapped out. This one’s at Tenaya Lake: The pull-down menu at the top left under…
Hiking
Hiking with headphones: guilty as charged
by tom • March 27, 2009 • 11 Comments
The other day I was stumbling up out of the rocky creekbed at Sunol’s Little Yosemite with Lou Reed’s “Heroin” in my headphones. Heroin, be the death of me Heroin, its my wife and its my life Because a mainer…
Hiking
Great site for waterfall hikes
by tom • March 26, 2009 • 2 Comments
I’ve linked to this site a couple times but never given it the credit it deserves: Waterfallswest.com, which profiles hikes to waterfalls all over the Western United States and Canada. The list for California is impressive — especially because it…