Tarantulas mating season may be the best reason to hit the trails this time of year, but it’s not the only one. There’s always the cherished possibility of getting caught in an autumnal downpour. For the heck of it I…
Yearly Archives: 2008
Orchard hikes: got any suggestions?
by tom • October 1, 2008 • 6 Comments
Somebody jogged my recollection of hiking through an olive grove at Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park, which used to be somebody’s ranch till it got donated to the local regional parks district. A century-old stand of olive groves — still bearing…
What happened when I was away
by tom • October 1, 2008 • 1 Comment
Got a few nice comments and updates (which shows why it’s advantageous to be subscribed to my comments rss feed): Victoria of the Flirty n’ Dirty blog got so caught up in the spirit of Big Basin captured in my…
Where I’ve been
by tom • October 1, 2008 • 8 Comments
I’ve gotten no hiking done in the past couple weekends, and I’ve spent the last one healing up from a minor bit of doctor’s office slicing and dicing that has had two unfortunate side effects: no hiking or blogging. As…
New video: Meteor and Hollow Tree trails, Big Basin Redwoods State Park
by tom • September 15, 2008 • 10 Comments
Got back on the trail yesterday at Big Basin Redwoods State Park (real life intervened last weekend so no dirt-trodding got done, alas). One place I hadn’t seen at Big Basin: the Meteor Trail, which is off the Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail…
Hike report: Mt. Roberts Trail, Juneau, Alaska
by tom • September 1, 2008 • 1 Comment
Local hiker Randy L. was in Alaska awhile back, and left an account on the Hike Reports page. A highlight: Once above the tree line, the views are simply breathtaking. Our ship docked very early in the morning and all…
Video experiment II: BART to the Bridge
by tom • September 1, 2008 • 4 Comments
One thing about San Francisco: there’s always something to see and it’s never standing still. Tailor made for video. An excellent walk, if you’re up for it, is to take BART to the Embarcadero stop, and take the Embarcadero to…
Mission Peak video experiment
by tom • August 25, 2008 • 16 Comments
Yesterday I decided to join the multimedia revolution and take all video clips rather than still images on my weekly outing. I started at Mission Peak because I know the hill by heart and hiking to the top in mid-August…
Calipidder’s High Sierra adventure
by tom • August 21, 2008 • 1 Comment
She wrote it up the other day. Our route took us through some incredible scenery (is there any other kind in the Sierra?), including a night of cowboy camping at Precipice Lake, the site of one of my favorite Ansel…