I had crazy-great weather — sunny and clear with cool breezes — for Sunday’s hike at Henry Coe State Park’s Dowdy Ranch Visitors Center. The trails near Dowdy Ranch, which opened two years ago, are classic Coe: straight up and…
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Hot Sunday at Calero County Park
by tom • April 20, 2009 • 2 Comments
You don’t get a lot of this on trails near town: the feather touch of a spider’s silk on your calves that tells you you’re the first to pass this way today. I got some of that yesterday on the…
Randy Lloyd on local wildflowers
by tom • April 14, 2009 • 5 Comments
His Waypoints blog confirms my observation: it’s a pretty slow season out there. I had been talking to Dave, my brother in law, about the wildflowers at Henry Coe. They don’t usually go there, but after my brilliant reomendation we…
Scenes from Joshua Tree National Park
by tom • April 13, 2009 • 2 Comments
A buddy of mine who covers the entertainment biz in Los Angeles has taken up a new hobby: hiking and picture taking at Joshua Tree National Park. Here’s a Flickr photo gallery: You can see why people get hooked on…
Briones Regional Park from Bear Creek Trailhead
by tom • April 12, 2009 • 1 Comment
After last week’s puny hike I figured I’d better put in a respectable one this week so I can show my face on the trails around here (not that anybody knows my face, but still). This time I set out…
Preview: Another Briones Regional Park hike
by tom • April 12, 2009 • 0 Comments
Did 7.6 miles today from the Bear Creek trail head. I’ll do the write-up tomorrow, but here’s a quickie preview at EveryTrail.com
About time to check out Russian Ridge
by tom • April 10, 2009 • 1 Comment
Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve is mostly open, hilly, breezy terrain, but around this time of year it turns into wildflower central. Midpeninsula Open Space Authority, which manages the park, has a bunch of events coming up at Russian Ridge:…
Wildflower Festival 2009 at Sunol Regional Wilderness
by tom • April 8, 2009 • 2 Comments
It’s starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April 11. From the East Bay Regional Parks events page: SUNOL – It’s time to celebrate the birds, bees, flowers and trees during the 7th annual Wildflower Festival. Join us as we celebrate the…
Quickie wildflower walk at Briones Regional Park
by tom • April 6, 2009 • 5 Comments
Spent about as much time driving to Briones as I did hiking yesterday; didn’t get out of the house till after lunchtime so I figured I’d go to the most accessible trailhead and see what turned up. Conclusion: The trailhead…