{"id":2047,"date":"2008-07-29T07:06:31","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T15:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=2047"},"modified":"2008-07-29T07:11:26","modified_gmt":"2008-07-29T15:11:26","slug":"lots-o-bay-area-hiking-and-blogging-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2008\/07\/29\/lots-o-bay-area-hiking-and-blogging-happening\/","title":{"rendered":"Lots o&#8217; Bay Area hiking and blogging happening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite rationalizations for maintaining Two-Heel Drive on wages a Kalahari Bushman would reject out of hand is that it encourages other hikers to get out there and come home and post accounts of their travels. I admit my blogging has fallen off a bit in recent weeks, but I&#8217;m glad to report that lots of local hiking web junkies are filling in the gaps. Let&#8217;s take a look at some recent links: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.mac.com\/cynthial1952\/iWeb\/Site\/2008-06-15-Sunol.html\">Cynthia Leeder<\/a> tried the Rose Peak-and-back hike from Sunol Wilderness awhile back, and wisely turned back before taking on the whole 20 miles. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fedak.net\/albums\/PCTSonoraSouth.html\">Fedak<\/a> put in some Pacific Crest Trail miles south of Sonora Pass.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getoutdoors.com\/goblog\/index.php?\/archives\/2865-Young-Lakes,-Yosemite-Trip-Report-One-Word,-Mosquitoes!.html\">Climb_CA of GoBlog<\/a> went backpacking in Yosemite.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fluidflow.es-designs.com\/?p=1294\">Tom Clifton<\/a> helped out on a Coyote Creek clean-up.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gambolinman.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/sierra-nevada-foothills-halcyon-summer.html\">Gambolin&#8217; Man<\/a> saw many pretty watering holes in the Yuba country in the Sierra foothills.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hikehalfdome.com\/blog.html\/955\">Rick<\/a> of Hike Half Dome writes about being bear wise.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kevingong.com\/Hiking\/200806ColoradoTrip.html\">Kevin Gong<\/a> spent nine nights in the Colorado high country.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/randomcuriosity.com\/journal\/archives\/001510.html\">David of Random Curiosity<\/a> muses about the PCT after seeing one of Barb Egbert&#8217;s talks about her PCT adventure with her 10-year-old daughter.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/85908626@N00\/sets\/553657\/\">Randy L.<\/a> got some great pictures at McCrary Ridge at Big Basin.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wildebeat.net\/index.cgi\/shows\/outings\/E148.html\">Steve at The WildeBeat<\/a> posted part II of his series on recording the sounds of wilderness.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trailspotting.com\/2008\/07\/mount-rose.html\">Stuart at Trailspotting<\/a> hiked Mount Rose near Lake Tahoe.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/treehuggersintraining.com\/?p=48\">Dana at Tree Huggers in Training<\/a> took the kids to Redwood Regional Park.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncooped.com\/stringcheese13\/posts\/662-Tips-For-Finding-the-Perfect-Campsite\">Uncooped.com<\/a> shared tips for finding a backcountry campsite.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/weekendsherpa.com\/story\/san-lorenzo-river-swimming-hole\/376\">Weekend Sherpa<\/a> mentions the swimming hole at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.californiawinehikes.com\/winehiker\/1\/when-a-mountain-lion-attacks-why-do-we-shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later\/\">Winehiker Russ<\/a> defends the mountain lion&#8217;s turf.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>OK, so the three or four of you who are Two-Heel Drive regulars who didn&#8217;t create those posts should have plenty to keep you busy for awhile. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite rationalizations for maintaining Two-Heel Drive on wages a Kalahari Bushman would reject out of hand is that it encourages other hikers to get out there and come home and post accounts of their travels. I admit&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2008\/07\/29\/lots-o-bay-area-hiking-and-blogging-happening\/\">Read the whole thing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"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":[35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047"}],"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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}