(An old article - posted here so as not to lose it during the site transition.)
I know how I would answer that question.
Tom (at Two-Heel Drive) returned from a recent trip to Yosemite waxing rhapsodic about snowshoe hiking. (But somewhat less rhapsodic about cold, wet socks… you’ll have to visit his site to read about [...]
(An old article - posted here so as not to lose it during the site transition.)
No posts for the past several days as I was in Southern California - doing indoor activities at UCLA and other places. While I did do some photography there, it doesn’t really seem right for this web site. (Shots of [...]
Tom Stienstra of SFGate:
Coast offseason a turn-on / This year’s dry winter is perfect for hiking some thrilling trails. In Fern Canyon, you walk along a creek, edged on both sides by nearly vertical walls of ferns, one of the most heart-touching spots in Northern California. On the Boy Scout Tree Trail, you hike amid [...]
An interesting idea from Trailcraft:
Backcountry Cooking Party. I’ve always been a bit nervous about trying new recipes on the trail. I guess it’s because I don’t want to go hungry and I definitely don’t want to pack extra food for every meal. For several years when I first started backpacking I stuck exclusively to the [...]
I’ve begun getting a steady trickle of a particular type of comment spam here over the past few days. I have turned off access to the discussion feature, so send me an email if you want to contact me or have me post something a the site.
Life goes on… :-)
Dan
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Oaks, Grass, and Fog. Calero Hills, California. January 20, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)
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Today I got up later (6:30, which is late for me) and didn’t get away until about 9:30. I decided to check out Uvas Park which is located a bit further south than my usual hiking location at Calero Park. Although I have been up the road to this park a couple of times over [...]
After an early January that did not allow for much in the way of hiking, I finally got out for (almost) the first time yesterday. I was up early and down at Calero park just as the sun was coming up through the morning fog. I quickly loaded up the camera pack and headed the [...]
Los Cerritos Pond. Calero Hills, California. January 20, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell (Sales)
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Mountain Lion Stories
A few have come to my attention this week:
There is the story of the couple who were hiking in a northern California park when a mountain lion appeared from nowhere and attacked the man. His wife managed to get the lion to let go of his head (by using a log and then standing her [...]