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Posts from November 2006

Muir Woods National Monument

Today, I wanted to get an earlier start and head up to Muir Woods National Monument. So, I called up Kai this time to see if he’d be interested in a Saturday romp in the hills above the Golden Gate Bridge. I grabbed my GPS, jumped in his little car, and we headed north. Muir […]


Castle Rock State Park – Day 2

Today, Ernie and his buddy decided to check out Castle Rock State Park again, so I tagged along with my GPS. Ernie’s buddy, whose name I can’t remember is really loud. This time, we hiked past Castle Rock Falls and along the ridgeline around 2650 feet above sea level. There are a number of large […]


Huddart County Park

In my fourth wander this week, I called up Ernie to see what he was up to. I initially planned on exploring a reservoir in the East Bay, but Ernie talked me into checking out some trails near Crystal Springs Reservoir and up at Skyline. So, we met up in San Mateo, and off we […]


Castle Rock State Park

I just returned a little while ago from my third sojourn this week—this time to Castle Rock State Park at Saratoga Gap. I’ve not really spent a lot of time in the great outdoors since I moved to California in June of 1999. I’m a creature of routine, of habit, of comfort. But, today, I […]


Castro Halloween

Patrick and Gigi have Halloween parties every year in their little apartment in the Castro. So, unlike last year when I was broken, I went up this year to check it out. Fortunately, the N-Judah MUNI parked at the Caltrain Station left as soon as I got on (unlike the fourth of July, when it […]