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…
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Sunol with a scramble
by tom • March 23, 2009 • 5 Comments
The idea was to see what the wildflowers were like at Sunol Wilderness. I saw a few but it might be a little early for the bloom there. What Sunol has lots of now is water: Alameda Creek is roaring…
New trails at Pleasanton Ridge
by tom • December 15, 2008 • 3 Comments
Avid reader Keith Barlow sent this news tip along this morning: Heads up that there is some new hiking (& biking & running) mileage on the Pleasanton Ridge. http://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/show_story.php?id=1048 http://ebparks.org/node/1006 The article says you can get there by starting at…
First hike: Garin-Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park
by tom • November 2, 2008 • 6 Comments
Garin-Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park is mostly former ranch land, like most of the East Bay parks, which means a fair share of old Jeep trails better attuned to the internal combustion engine. The park is in lies in the…
New hike video: Sunol Wilderness
by tom • October 13, 2008 • 8 Comments
About time I got some actual hiking done around here. After a four-week break (the longest in four years) I decided Sunol Regional Wilderness would be an excellent re-entry point. Sunol is my default venue if I’m too lazy to…
Addressing my public at Sunol Wilderness
by tom • August 4, 2008 • 5 Comments
This is a first: meeting not one but two Two-Heel Drive readers for the first time on the same day. I decided to tag along with Mike Wimble’s FOMFOK gang because they were heading out to my all-time favorite Bay…
Moonlight hike at Mission Peak
by tom • July 18, 2008 • 13 Comments
I made a snap judgment Wednesday to check out Mission Peak at sunset, which I had been fixing to get ready to do for ages. Winehiker Russ loves to lead this hike (just under six miles with 2,000 feet of…
A blog post on Coyote Hills Regional Park
by tom • May 27, 2008 • 0 Comments
A Tri-Valley real estate blogger mentions taking his family to Coyote Hills for a sunset hike. The guy won’t be writing any breathless accounts for Outside, but the post does offer some ideas on getting the kids out of the…
Murietta Falls report
by tom • February 25, 2008 • 9 Comments
Murietta Falls musings: The thing to do when you’re already hiking 12 miles with over 4,300 feet of uphill climb is to tag a few more on because the view’s a little better. Another thing to do is stand in…