{"id":1454,"date":"2007-09-07T08:21:18","date_gmt":"2007-09-07T13:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2008-02-15T08:38:48","modified_gmt":"2008-02-15T16:38:48","slug":"latest-hikes-column-butano-state-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2007\/09\/07\/latest-hikes-column-butano-state-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Hikes column: Butano State Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/tommangan\/ci_6815055\">Actually, it was posted  yesterday: <\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"q\"><p> Some hiker friends of mine visit Butano State Park mainly as excuse to stop off for pie at Duarte&#8217;s in Pescadero, a few miles down the road. Duarte&#8217;s bakes luscious pies with berries picked from nearby fields, and any excuse to stop in for a slice is valid.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nBut Butano is worth a visit regardless of your pie-craving proclivities. The park has remarkable biological diversity &#8211; six distinct habitats &#8211; and an excellent mix of trails: flat walks along shady creeks, rocky hillside passages, hill climbs steep enough to require stairs.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nFrom mushrooms and banana slugs on the forest floor to scrub jays and redwoods far above, Butano is a feast for the amateur naturalist (professionals&#8217; mileage may differ, though; going there may feel too much like work). <\/blockquote class=\"q\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bahiker.com\/southbayhikes\/butano.html\"><br \/>\nMore on Butano at bahiker.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actually, it was posted yesterday: Some hiker friends of mine visit Butano State Park mainly as excuse to stop off for pie at Duarte&#8217;s in Pescadero, a few miles down the road. Duarte&#8217;s bakes luscious pies with berries picked from&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2007\/09\/07\/latest-hikes-column-butano-state-park\/\">Read the whole thing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}