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Bay Area Turkey Day Hike: Mission Peak

Tom Mangan at Two-Heel Drive (Why do I keep typing “to hell drive”… ? ;-) has suggested a Thanksgiving morning hike to the summit of Mission Peak. At my perverse suggestion, he has agreed to make it a sunrise hike, meaning we’ll start very early, but if the weather cooperates we’ll be rewarded with a [...]

I Speak, Tom Listens… :-)

From Two-Heel Drive:
UPDATE: Turkey Day Mini-Meetup at Mission Peak. CHANGE O’ PLANS: Dan Mitchell wants to do this at dawn to catch the sunrise from the top of the peak. This would require a 5:30 a.m. launch from the trailhead to get up to the top at 6:55. There… [Two-Heel Drive]
Wow! Thanks, Tom. Now I [...]

An Outdoor Bloggers Get-Together

Tom Mangan at Two-Heel Drive and others are organizing a Northern California meet-up of outdoor bloggers.
Ho Down update. These are the confirmed bloggers for the Mt. Shasta meetup: Little PoTrout Underground Fedak Wine Hiker GoBlog Best Hikes GoBlog has also invited every biking blogger on earth, but has no takers so far. Note that [...]

Rancho Cañada Del Oro Park Opening

Park Opening. Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve. December 3, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
I made it - just barely - to the opening ceremony for the new Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve in South San Jose this morning. And, yes, it really is inside the San Jose city limits, though you [...]

Rancho Cañada Del Oro Park Opening

(An old article - posted here so as not to lose it during the site transition.)
Park Opening. Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve. December 3, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
I made it - just barely - to the opening ceremony for the new Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve in South San Jose [...]

Rancho Cañada Del Oro Park Opening

Park Opening. Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve. December 3, 2005. © Copyright Dan Mitchell.
I made it - just barely - to the opening ceremony for the new Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve in South San Jose this morning. And, yes, it really is inside the San Jose city limits, though you [...]

March of the Penguins

March of the Penguins: “Life in Antarctica can get pretty grim. But don’t tell that to these driven birds.” SFGate:
Director Luc Jacquet and his team have done an incredible job gaining the trust of these penguins and recording their tortuous migration. Some of the shots — such as a mother tenderly passing her unhatched [...]