Yesterday I did a solo hike in Sierra Azul. It was hot – about 90°F. Too hot for all that uphill and all the exposed ridge hiking. Less than ten minutes into the hike I walked past a rattler, who ignored me, while I did the panic-jig away to put some space […]

Independence Day Weekend, 2008 Gallery

  Thru Two Tunnels, GC16BB1… A wonderful little adventure. We had two casualties at these tunnels last Sunday: Carrie lost her sunglasses. My Sidekick ended up sitting on the bottom of the stream under a foot of water, but I turned it off right away once I fished it out. At home, I dried it […]

Yesterday, Joe and I were out for a lunchtime walk, picking up a few geocaches along the way. We were on the trails at the northern end of the Guadalupe River in San Jose, starting in Alviso. South of Hwy 237, I spotted this little fellow on the other side of a creek. I was […]