Tom at Two-Heel Drive (why do I always type To-Hell Drive the first time? ;-) has posted a couple of interesting announcements.
First, he has announced that the Annual Ground Hogs Day Invitational Hike will take place on Saturday Sunday, February 2 3*. You are invited, so it must be an invitational, right? Details are not [...]
Two weeks ago I was hit by this awful bug/cold/flu that seems to be going around here in the Bay Area. The pattern is that it doesn’t seem that bad at first, but it lasts… and lasts… and lasts. I have students who took three weeks or more to get over it.
Needless to say, it [...]
The New York Times Dot Earth blog reports on The White House and the Whales - definitely worth reading. The good news is that we now have less than a year of this embarrassing travesty of an administration left to endure.
Cole Camplese points to an interesting example of student work on an environmental theme.
… but the odds are it will just turn out to be a bunch of political posturing in the end.
(I heard an interesting commentary on the radio this morning about the craziness of a “10% across the board” cut. If you were having problems with your personal or family cash flow, is that how [...]
Seen in the West Coast Imaging Blog:
Continuing rockfall activity at Middle Brother From the Yosemite Daily Report:
Due to continuing rockfalls from Middle Brother, Northside Drive between Camp 4 and El Capitan crossover in Yosemite Valley remains closed. Please be aware that this closure includes both vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The area was closed following [...]
The famous Mavericks surf competition was held yesterday along the Pacific coast south of San Francisco. Lots of people head out there to try to view (and photograph) the event. (Take a look John Mueller’s photographs at Flickr to get an idea of the crowds, the beautiful weather, and even a bit of surfing.)
I went [...]
Although I was in the Pacific Northwest and therefor managed to miss most of it - except for flying through an astonishing snow squall while on approach to SJC - the recent California storm was one for the record books… or maybe not quite. The following article includes some amazing information about Sierra snowfall totals [...]
A Coe Park Trip Report
Other Tom (Tom Clifton) has posted a nice piece about the beauties of the Central California oak/grassland environment as part of a report (with photos) on his recent and first visit to Henry Coe State Park.