***Here’s a boring weblog entry
- I took an urban hike today on the Los Gatos Creek trail, rather than going somewhere more interesting and rural. Seems like everyone was out enjoying the springtime sun. Ironically, I think I saw almost as many wildflowers on this walk as I saw on my Almaden Quicksilver hike yesterday.
***Shasta [...]
***Back to New Almaden today
- as usual. I think I need to try some other trails… ;-) But really, it is nice to have a nearby place that I feel like I really know. Today was unusual for California spring. It is supposed to be getting drier and warmer now, but it rained most of [...]
***Bogus logging debate
- “Bosworth said the fire threat from excessive fuel loads must be considered the paramount danger facing the nation’s forests. He also cited three other major threats: habitat fragmentation, unmanaged recreation and invasive species.” [SFGate]
The administration insists that those concerned about global warming are off-base because there is “no scientific proof” of this [...]
Small flowers at Almaden Quicksilver County Park. April, 2003.
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***‘Slow Quakes’ May Lay Ground Work for Big Ones.
This spring, as people in the Pacific Northwest have gone about their usual drizzly business, an earthquake has been going on for weeks beneath their feet. By Carol Kaesuk Yoon. [New York Times: Science]
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Small flowers at Almaden Quicksilver County Park. April 19, 2003.
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Blue spring flower at Quicksilver Mines County Park. April 19, 2003
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***Spring hike
I hiked the usual trail at Almaden Quicksilver Country Park this morning - out on the Randol trail and then up a lateral to reach the ridge trail to Bull Run, and back to New Almaden.
Today was the day that you wait for all winter. The hills are covered in green grass just starting [...]
***Spice It Up
- Cuisine expert Emeril Lagasse shares eight tips on how to liven up your camp cooking. [Backpacker]
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2003.04.28
***At the Bustling North Pole, Life Is a Merry-Go-Round.
Humans, ever the adaptive, inquisitive, risk-taking species, are crisscrossing, probing and camping out in increasing numbers at the North Pole. By Andrew C. Revkin. [New York Times: Science]
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