Post Thanksgiving hiking and geocaching

It’s pretty clear I won’t reach my goal of bicycling 2,000 miles this year. In the last month I have hiked more miles than I have ridden. My riding miles currently stand at 1712 miles (and while it’s not impossible to ride 300 miles in December, it’s highly doubtful). My hiking mileage is 246 miles, […]

The trail less traveled… is sometimes a mistake

Karen and I went hiking (and geocaching) today in Las Trampas Regional Park, starting from the Hemme Ave. trailhead. After bumping into Lee (Alamogul) at the trailhead we headed up a use trail along the creek. After finding the first cache, we continued on, hoping to find a fairly easy way to escape the creek […]

Las Trampas hike

This was my view today as I hiked along a ridge in Las Trampas Regional Park (while doing a bit of geocaching). I started at the staging area at the end of Bollinger Canyon, hiked about 5.5 miles and climbed about 1500 feet.

Panorama view of Las Trampas with Mt. Diablo in the […]