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“Why are you still working?” friends would ask. Busy with hiking, cycling, traveling, volunteering, and hobbies, they wondered how they'...

With a break from the rain, our Monday hiking group was raring to go on a moderately long hike (about 6.5 miles ). Steep bits interrupted ou...

Springtime on the shores of Monterey Bay. It was, however, chilly and very windy. There were an astonishing number of sea otters cavorting ...

There is always something new to see, even on the most familiar of routes. However many times I've biked through this neighborhood, my...

Some of the Monday hiking crew had already made their Pix in the Parks pilgrimmage to this site, and it held no appeal for my companion las...

The trail continues ... over there. I was lured out for a Friday afternoon hike of uncertain length, mostly in the Rancho Cañada Del Oro Op...

I thought today's hike would be all about collecting another Pix in the Parks photo. [In the company of friends, again.] I should have ...