Best Hikes in California? My Opinions, and a Request for Nominations
My kids are getting old enough to pursue more ambitious hikes, so I’ve started to think about some of the must-do hikes in California that we should consider. I’ve done a lot of hiking in California, and some hikes that…
Rancho San Antonio County Park: Rhus Ridge to Black Mountain
See my photo album from this hike. Rancho San Antonio is the nearest “hiking” park to my house, but I’ve never been a fan of it. I don’t like the crowds or the fight for parking, but more than anything,…
Fall Creek Unit, Henry Cowell State Park
I love redwood hikes, and we are blessed with many fine ones in the Bay Area. But finding the “perfect” redwood destination is tricky. It needs to be a nice redwood forest, and some of the more convenient redwood hikes…
Coachella Valley Preserve: Hiking Through Oases and Moon Country
Hikes in the Palm Springs area tend to come in three varieties: 1) Local hikes from the Valley floor up to a ridge. These hikes tend to be steep thighbusters but they usually reward fit hikers with nice views. 2)…
Social Media Photos Foil Yet Another Litigant–Clement v. Johnson’s Warehouse
Clement v. Johnson’s Warehouse Showroom, Inc., 2012 Ark. App. 17 (Jan. 4, 2012) In my long-running series of litigants saying one thing in court and another when talking to their friends online, consider this from a worker’s comp case after…