Rock face and clouds
Rock face and clouds, originally uploaded by busybeingborn.
Just a test of the Flickr “blog this” function.
Two-Heel Drive
Tom Mangan’s Bay Area Hiking Blog
I hike, I blog
Two-Heel Drive is a blog for hikers, campers, backpackers and nature cravers in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. Need someplace to go? I've hiked all the best Bay Area trails: check out my favorite hikes or read the park profiles I wrote for the San Jose Mercury News.
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Local park profiles
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- Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve
- Rancho San Antonio County Park and Open Space Preserve
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- Long Ridge Open Space Preserve (3)
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- Montebello Ridge Trail (6)
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- Rancho Canada del Oro (1)
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- Santa Teresa County Park (2)
- Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve (1)
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