Contra Costa canal trail by bike

Dan and I took the bikes and rode the Contra Costa canal trail from Arbolado Park in Walnut Creek to Highway 4 in Martinez. We found 25 caches in a round-trip of over 25 miles. I was toast when we finished—probably dehydrated at bit. In the last mile there a steep bump and both quads […]

Three Creeks Road and Whychus Creek

After yesterday’s hiking, we figured we could use an easy day, so we headed out to the Sisters area again. Coffee, of course, was the first order of business, but then we picked up Eagle Rock II. I had DNF’d this one on 2 different years, so it was gratifying to finally find it.

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East Lake, Newberry crater

Our area of the day was the Newberry National Volcanic Monument. Two caches were activated yesterday and I figured we had a chance to score FTFs on them. We needed to climb a thousand feet up to the crater rim from East Lake and totaled 7 miles round trip. We did indeed get 2 FTFs […]