Anniversary of Fire on Rattlesnake Ridge

Shortly after 2 pm on July 9, 1953 (57 years ago), a depressed, unemployed young man tossed a match onto bone dry grass by the side of Alder Springs Road west of Willows, California. Eight hours later, fifteen firefighters were caught by a surprising wind shift and couldn’t outrun the flames in dense chaparral. Today, […]

Biking Lake Berryessa and Clear Lake

Camp at Shady Acres

Over this last weekend I participated in a 3-day bike tour from Lake Berryessa to Clear Lake and back. It was my unfortunate luck that the ride coincided with some of the hottest days of the year so far, but most of the rest of the aspects of the ride […]

Tour of California Stage 4 2010

Garmin leads the peloton on Mines Road

The Tour of California bike race came through Livermore today, with a sprint points location downtown. Rather than watch (and photograph) from there, I decided to head up Mines Road to a King of the Mountain location. I found a nice location not quite all of the way […]