Mount Madonna Count Park is better known for its campsites and the ruins of a Gold Rush-era land baron’s summer home, but it does have one charming, little-used trail I happened upon primarily because I was too cheap to pay…
Mount Madonna County Park
Summit fire: latest news and links
by tom • May 25, 2008 • 8 Comments
Sunday: It’s time to hand the Summit fire coverage over to the professionals. If you want up-to-the-minute updates, check out the live blog at KRON4. If you’ve got time to read a bit, check out the stories at www.mercurynews.com. The…
Big Santa Cruz Mountains fire near Mount Madonna County Park
by tom • May 22, 2008 • 3 Comments
The latest: MercuryNews.com update reports 20 buildings destroyed but no injuries in the fire burning near Summit Road south of San Jose. I have to go off to my real job pretty soon (this’ll lead Page 1 tomorrow — note…
Latest Hikes column: Mount Madonna County Park
by tmangan • November 1, 2007 • 0 Comments
A fresh look at Mount Madonna County Park
by tmangan • October 15, 2007 • 5 Comments
Mount Madonna County Park profiled
by tmangan • July 11, 2007 • 0 Comments
A-camping we have gone
by tmangan • May 2, 2005 • 1 Comment
The storyline could’ve been "city slickers go camping, hilarity ensues," but there are no disasters to report — primarily because Melissa had our camp-out worked out to the tiniest detail. If an earthquake had ravaged the region, we’d have been…