The San Francisco Bay Area is famous for preserving a lot of its natural spaces despite the seemingly unending onslaught of housing developments.
In the San Francisco East Bay, near the town of Livermore, is the Ohlone Wilderness Trail, which transverses three regional parks. Along the way is Rose Peak, at 3,812 feet the second […]
As I said in my last post, I figure we can get into the mountains for backpacking or hiking early this year, based on the snowpack and my trip this past week to visit a friend in Weed, a tiny town at the foot of Mount Shasta.
Shasta, which is more than 14,000 feet, is […]
Whale Watching and Hiking on the Lost Coast
Hike to and Camp in Caribou Wilderness near Lassen National Park.
My backpacking pals Wild Bill and The Duke and I have had fewer backpacks than usual this year because of Wild Bill's knee surgery.
Although a good part of the season was past and The Duke was out of town, Wild Bill and I got out to the Lost Coast (my third trip there, his second) […]
