Yesterday was the first day of summer around here. We never had much of a winter, and it seems like mother nature is skipping right over spring and dropping us in the middle of July without much transition time. So I decided to spend the year’s first 90 degree day by getting in a long [...]
Trip Report Trip Report This weekend I finally got in a hike that’s been on my to-do list for a long time: Rose Peak in Ohlone Wilderness. On paper, the hike looks rather painful, coming in at just under 20 miles with 5000-ish feet of elevation gain. I was saving it for a day when [...]
We had planned a nice backpacking trip for the weekend, hiking the Ohlone Wilderness trail between Del Valle Reservoir and Sunol Regional Wilderness. About 20 miles long, we were planning on camping at the half way point, breaking it into a nice easy weekend. Well, the forecast had other plans. While it looked okay for [...]
Sunol Regional Park is one of those great parks that make you feel like you’re in the middle of nowhere while only being a short drive from the middle of Silicon Valley. We took a short hike through the park today and I’ve posted a few photos here: Sunol Regional Wilderness
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