2006November
***November 5, 2006
- Time for a short loop hike at Almaden Quicksilver today.
***Life got busy
and I neglected to record a variety of day hikes…
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December 2005
2006October
***October 2, 3006
- Second day of leaf trip. Spent morning and early afternoon in Bishop Creek drainage. Left around 3:00, but it was raining as I drove north.
***October 7, 2006
- Drove to Yosemite early to find Tioga Pass Road temporarily closed due to light snow. The road soon opened and I drove on up. After [...]
2006September
***September 1, 2006
- Long urban walk to downtown and back.
***September 2, 2006
- Up very early for an early morning hike up Mission Peak. Arrived at trailhead with barely any light. Went to the ridge to the south of the peak to photograph rocks along with spectacular clouds above and fog below.
***September 3, 2006
- Urban walk.
***September [...]
2006August
***August 7-12, 2006
- (After injuring my toe at the start of the month, I had to forego any hiking before this trip.) The annual Talusdancers pack trip, though a rather easy and short one this year.
Day 1: Drive over Tioga Pass to Big Pine Creek for trailhead barbecue and car camping.
Day 2: Backpack up to [...]
2006July
***July 1, 2006
- School’s out! (yesterday) - Hiked Mission Peak this morning.
***July 2, 2006
- Hiked out to Spillway Lake in the Tioga Pass area. Camped at Aspen campground in Lee Vining Canyon.
***July 3, 2006
- Up early to drive to Mono Lake to take sunrise photos. Quick trip to top of Conway, then back to Lee [...]
2006June
***June 3, 2006
- A nice morning hike at Calero Park. Went up to Bald Peaks ridge and to within a mile of the Cottle picnic area at a point where the trail enters the Rancho Cañada del Oro open space. Next time I’ll make this a full loop. Hiked about 8 miles.
***June 4, 2006
- Another [...]
2006May
***May 5, 2006
- Urban wallk in the late afternoon.
***May 6, 2006
- A “Hodges Trip” with students from Hoover Middle school! Up at 3:30 to drive to Donner Lake. Started at the state park museum, hiked the length of the lake and then up old hiway 40 to Donner Ski Ranch.
***May 19, 2006
- Urban walk.
***May 20, [...]
2006April
***April 2-5, 2006
- Photo excursion to Death Valley. Day 1: Drove to Racetrack Playa in time to set up camp in my vehicle, but too late for sunset photos. Day 2: Up before dawn to drive a mile or two back to the playa for several hours of photography and wandering about the playa as [...]
2006March
***March 4, 2006
- Started March with a drive (and then a hike). Drove to Yosemite Valley on the day after a low-elevation snowfall and did a photo day. Hiked from the stables up about a mile and a half past Mirror Lake on snow, turning around at a bridge over (I assume) Tenaya Creek.
***March [...]
2006December
***I neglected
to record several hikes during the first half of the month - Almaden Quicksilver, Calero. Ah, well.
***December 20, 2006
- Short hike at Calero to photograph winter trees.
***December 28, 2006
- A one-hour dusk hike out to the Vallecitos trail at Calero.
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