Meetup.com has scads of hiking groups, including quite a few in the Bay Area. These are the most promising ones I scouted out this morning: Related links Etiquette for group hikes Hiking clubs of note in the Bay Area Oakland…
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Fedak’s Henry Coe pictures posted
by tom • February 19, 2008 • 2 Comments
He camped out at Mississippi Lake, saw much evidence of last year’s fire.
Yurts proposal for Santa Clara County parks
by tom • February 7, 2008 • 6 Comments
A product sample from the company Pacific Yurts. More on yurts here. I hear tell the parks department in Santa Clara County wants to put up 24 yurts in five of the county’s parks. Here’s a link to the proposal.…
Gambolin’ Man’s best o’ 2007
by tom • January 4, 2008 • 3 Comments
Tom offers a big wet kiss to Bay Area trails. … here I remain, a quarter of a century later, no worse for wear (except for that nagging bum ankle). But I still often ask myself, “What am I doing…
Dan at Muir Woods
by tmangan • October 26, 2007 • 5 Comments
Dan Mitchell went to Muir Woods the other day … I keep thinking I’ll check out The Woods, though I have a hard time convincing myself those woods are that much better than the ones we have down here in…
Moonlight in Marin
by tmangan • October 16, 2007 • 1 Comment
This sounds interesting: Marin Moonshiners Monthly Moonlight Hike. Experience the sunset and moonrise from beautiful Mt. Tam. This monthly 3 mile hike takes place during the full moon. Enjoy socializing and picnicing by the campfire. We’ll start hiking near Four…
What the Indians ate
by tmangan • October 10, 2007 • 0 Comments
Midpeninsula Open Space District sponsors a nature walk from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve. This hike is all about ethnobotany: how the Indians and settlers used native plants medicinally and in a wide…
Wanted: East Bay hikers with strong legs
by tmangan • October 10, 2007 • 2 Comments
The Greenbelt Alliance has an interesting hike coming up on Saturday, Oct. 20: Rocky Ridge Ramble East Bay – Greenbelt Outing See what Contra Costa County would look like without its suburban sprawl. This rigorous hike takes us through some…
Gambolin’ Man in Moab
by tmangan • October 8, 2007 • 0 Comments
Tom stopped by that place of general, all-around wonderfulness in Utah. Somehow, in the conditioned mind, you’re not supposed to see or associate water with an arid environment. And yet here! –and there! – and everywhere! – it exists, flowing…