From SFGate:
McCain calls for more offshore oil drilling. Republican Sen. John McCain said Monday he supports lifting the federal moratorium on offshore drilling - a position that sets him at odds with most California officials, including his ally Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who see the ban as the best way to…
- By zcoile@sfchronicle.com (Zachary Coile). [SFGate: [...]
SFGate’s Tom Stienstra posted a brief run down of Sierra Nevada conditions. Not a lot of detail, but a few interesting facts and observations including:
Crane Flat campground in Yosemite will open very soon and Tioga Road campgrounds will likely open later in June.
Although we had a drier than usual spring, he reports that cooler than [...]
‘pologies for that… And for that.
Groan. ;-)
The postings here will continue to be sparse through the month of June. A lot of “personal stuff” going on - all good personal stuff - that will continue to dominate my attention for a few more weeks.
Having just read a post at the Mt. Whitney and Eastern Sierra Hiking Blog (see “On Backpacking…Sleep System“) I thought I’d add my two cents on this topic.
To my way of thinking, a backpacking “sleeping” system includes several components: sleeping bag, pad, ground sheet, shelter, clothing - and for some, a pillow.
Sleeping Bag - [...]
High above certain parts of the San Francisco Bay area - notably in the grass-covered hills of the East Bay - there are extensive and apparently very old rock walls extending great distances.
Tom Mangan’s Two-Heel Drive has a post summarizing some very interesting information about the aboriginal sources of some of these features:
Evidence of [...]
The Mt. Whitney and Eastern Sierra Hiking blog covers almost all things related to hiking/climbing Mt. Whitney. A post (”Mt. Whitney From Horseshoe Meadows“) covers some alternate approaches for those who either can’t or don’t want to use the usual Whitney Portal approach.
I’ve been over almost all of the passes mentioned, including [...]
Everyone knows about the stunning view from the famous “Wawona Tunnel View” in Yosemite Valley - from the iconic winter photograph by Ansel Adams or from their own visit to the park. I’ve made my own share of photographs from this location. I prefer to go there on a freezing winter evening when all of [...]
From another weekend post at Tom Mangan’s Two-Heel Drive:
Turning kids loose in nature.
Dana Hull of the Mercury News talks to people who are trying to bring back the era of unstructured play and get kids interested in outdoor adventures.
As summer approaches and Wii sales climb toward 10 million, a growing number of parents and children’s [...]
From Tom Mangan’s Two-Heel Drive:
Report on California’s crumbling state parks - Paul Rogers of the Mercury News documents the decay of the California state parks system, and just how bad it’s gotten. From part one:
This Memorial Day weekend, campsites are booked from Mount Shasta to San Diego. But California’s state park system - once considered [...]
More on McCain’s Race for Bush’s Third Term
From a New York Time article (’Bush to Seek an End to Ban on Oil Drilling’):
President Bush, reversing a longstanding position, will call on Congress on Wednesday to end a federal ban on offshore oil drilling…
The party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona, used a speech in Houston on Tuesday to say he [...]