Hiking Mt. Diablo’s Eastside: A Window into the Past
Journey-man’s Journal One of the many pleasures of hiking amongst the Black Hills in Mt. Diablo’s eastern range is exploring the numerous Native American bedrock mortar sites. For thousands…
Tales from the Trail: Shoulder Season Camping at Lake Sonoma
By Scott Feuer Summer is over, the kids are back in school, but don’t put those backpacks, camping gear, and fishing poles in storage yet. There is still time to…
Tales from the Trail: A Solo Birthday Wilderness Adventure
Journey-man’s Journal by Scott Feuer The plan was to do something unique, something atypical of the traditional birthday celebration; a gift to myself to escape the time-crunched routine of daily…
Alive and Laughing, Rafting on the Stanislaus
by Robin Gigoux Once upon a summertime, I went whitewater rafting on the Stanislaus River with my pal Sue and other friends. We have a good time when we travel…
Weekend Warrior – Thru-Hiking the Mount Diablo Range
by Scott Feuer Mount Diablo State Park is surrounded by over 50 other preserves encompassing a regional open space system nearing 160 square miles that were interlaced with almost 700…
A 9-Day Tour of the Southwest
I love Daisy Mae. She’s everything you’d ever want in a travel companion. She’s slim and sleek and light on her feet, and she can carry her own weight without…
Spam Jam Mt. Tam
by David King To quote Hipcamp.com, “Ain’t no party like a Mt. Tamalpais camping party! The Alice Eastwood Group Campsite located on the Panoramic Highway near the Mountain Home Inn,…
The Best Laid Plan – Oregon’s Scenic Backroads
Journey-man’s Journey by John Cooper I’m reminded of the quote by Robert Burns that even “the best laid plans…often go awry”. It seems so fitting as I contemplate our recently…
Journey to the Door of Faith Orphanage, La Mision, Baja, Mexico
Journey-Man’s Journey by John Cooper “This is not a good time to get away” I thought as I sat pensively at my desk on a Thursday morning in March. …
Snowshoeing in Truckee
by John Cooper After four years of draught conditions, we’re finally seeing the return of significant snowfall in the mountains of Northern California. I’ll leave the specific details on the…
The Presidential Election, a Border Crossing, and Why You’re Not Moving to Canada
Journey-man’s Journey by John cooper There has been a lot of chatter following the recent Presidential election, and with the inauguration just weeks away, I’ve heard some celebrities stating…
Cuba is Rich….in Culture
– by Kelly Hedgecock Kelly Hedgecock ,25, grew up in Walnut Creek, is the daughter of our own Diablo Gazette’s Bookends columnist Jill Hedgecock and works at a San…