{"id":31,"date":"2005-04-18T18:12:48","date_gmt":"2005-04-18T23:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=31"},"modified":"2008-04-19T09:40:04","modified_gmt":"2008-04-19T17:40:04","slug":"good-day-at-alum-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2005\/04\/18\/good-day-at-alum-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"Good day at Alum Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m on vacation for the next two weeks, so the first order of business on Day One had to be a hike. I chose Alum Rock Park, which is run by the city of San Jose. It used to be a major tourist destination around the dawn of the 20th century; the park has a bunch of mineral springs that were once believed to healing properties (back when, you know, there we no real cures for anything). Today it’s mostly a park for picnickers, joggers, bike riders and hikers. The trails aren’t especially long but they are steep in places because the park’s in a valley and the trails go up the hills on either side. I started off by getting off the trail into a tangle of brush on a near-vertical hillside full of briars and poison oak. A tick bite and several scratches were good enough reminder of the wisdom of sticking to the trails. <\/p>\n

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One of the rocks for which the park is named. Yeah, I climbed up there, but I didn’t go up this way. (I’m not that much of a lunatic). <\/p>\n

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The rainy season seems to have said its goodbyes, which means the green hillsides are starting to fade in the sun. It’ll all be yellow in a month, if not sooner. <\/p>\n

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This big ol’ hill had me thinking, "hmm, wonder if there’s a trail up there?" <\/p>\n

There was, but I wasn’t sure it went to the top till I got there. <\/p>\n

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Pretty stunning view of Silicon Valley today… probably even cooler at night. <\/p>\n

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The view’s even better from the top of that hill. <\/p>\n

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A few of the last wildflowers are hanging in there. <\/p>\n

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There must be a twisted old dead tree. <\/p>\n

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And a flower juxtaposed with a scenic background. <\/p>\n

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The yellow ones seem to have the most staying power <\/p>\n

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Spotted these turkeys on the way back down. It’s fun to watch ’em take off down the trail — there really is such a thing as a turkey trot. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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