{"id":951,"date":"2007-01-28T20:19:47","date_gmt":"2007-01-29T01:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=951"},"modified":"2007-01-28T20:19:47","modified_gmt":"2007-01-29T01:19:47","slug":"a-waterfall-hike-minus-the-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2007\/01\/28\/a-waterfall-hike-minus-the-water\/","title":{"rendered":"A waterfall hike minus the water"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday was time again for the annual waterfall hike at Uvas Canyon County Park, hosted by Mike &#038; Kathy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webself.com\/%7efomfok\/\">FOMFOK<\/a> fame.<br \/>\n<P>Last year, Uvas could&#8217;ve given a few of the lesser Yosemite falls a run for their money. We had lots of rain and gushers in most of the falls throughout the Bay Area.  Since summer&#8217;s passing we&#8217;ve had a dry autumn, a damp December and a mostly dry January, so not much is happening, fallwise.<br \/>\n<P>Uvas is mostly tree-tunnel hiking, but the falling water usually spices things up.  Not happening this year, though. One popular sight called Triple Falls would be better called Trickle Falls.  Even so, the day was not without its photographic possibilities.<\/p>\n<p><P><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/372698625\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/180\/372698625_86ba11d44e.jpg\" width=\"238\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Uvas Canyon\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><P><br \/>\nKathy was heard to say &#8220;just imagine there&#8217;s five times this much water here.&#8221;<br \/>\n<P><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/372701347\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/185\/372701347_d8d3d00751.jpg\" width=\"301\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Trail at Uvas Canyon County Park\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><P><br \/>\nThe trails are pretty regardless of  the creek&#8217;s flow rate.  The shade makes for comfortable hiking and camping in summer.<br \/>\n<P><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/372703422\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/155\/372703422_b1ec1e8836.jpg\" width=\"280\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Small waterfall\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><P><br \/>\nI&#8217;d have been drenched to the bone if I&#8217;d have gotten this close to this fall last year.<\/p>\n<p><P><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/372704518\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/166\/372704518_446af2872c.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"321\" alt=\"Gnarly roots\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nMoss grows on everything around here.  Don&#8217;t stand in one place too long or you&#8217;ll find some growing on you.<br \/>\n<P><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/372705340\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/145\/372705340_7f03a80c6c.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Spilling\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nJust one little bit of water coming down the canyon.<\/p>\n<p><P><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/372707579\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/141\/372707579_d9804a86b1.jpg\" width=\"386\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Bending trees\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nMadrone trees bend sunward.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/372709352\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/48\/372709352_19e5eaa607.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Clouds, blue sky, trees\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<P> Got some nice clouds-and-sky action here. <P><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re on the verge of a nasty drought in these parts. The Uvas Reservoir, which flooded last year, is nearly bone dry this year.  I&#8217;m thinking I&#8217;ll probably be grateful for any mud I have to trudge through as winter turns to spring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday was time again for the annual waterfall hike at Uvas Canyon County Park, hosted by Mike &#038; Kathy of FOMFOK fame. Last year, Uvas could&#8217;ve given a few of the lesser Yosemite falls a run for their money. We&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2007\/01\/28\/a-waterfall-hike-minus-the-water\/\">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":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951"}],"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=951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}