Box of Cat
Over the last few days, I’ve had a few deliveries, the boxes of which have become irresistible to Arun. As I’ve said many times, a box is a cat trap, and it seems to work every time.
Month: February 2026
Monday Hike: Eaton and Big Canyon Parks
I lived in Belmont for many years but have never been to these parks, even though they are close to several of my favorite climbs. It was nice to be out on the trails after a period of rainy weather. The trails were mostly dry with a couple of muddy patches. Nothing too difficult to …
Bay Area Snow
The snow level was pretty low during the latest storm that passed through last week. I was out on my bike today and managed to see the snow on the high peaks to the east of San Jose.
Zanella Pordenone
In November of 2024, I was riding along on my bike on a lovely fall day when I passed a garage sale in progress. I would have continued past it if I hadn’t spotted a vintage bike leaning up against a tree. I stopped to check it out, and found out that it was for …
Super Sunday Hike: Long Ridge
With some sort of super sporting competition taking place just down the road from my place, I decided to take advantage of the quiet roads and good weather to hike Long Ridge. I did the usual jaunt on Hickory Oaks Trail to the Wallace Stegner bench, and then down Long Ridge Trail to Peters Creek …
Livermore Bike Ride
This was the third week in a row where I’ve driven to the start of a Western Wheelers LDT ride. This week it was in Livermore, where we rode up Del Valle, Patterson Pass and Altamont Pass. We skipped a short loop into Livermore for the official lunch stop, as we had already grabbed lunch …
Pumpkin Bread Play-By-Play
Well, sort of. I wanted to make some pumpkin bread this week. I was going to prepare the pumpkin on Wednesday, but I did a bike ride instead, as I couldn’t do the usual Tuesday ride for… reasons. So, today it was a two-fer, preparing fresh pumpkin from the newly acquired sugar-pie pumpkin I got …
Monday Hike: Mindego & Borel Hills
Two Hills for the price of one. A lovely hike, starting with a good walk to Mindego Hill, with its sweeping views of the hills and ocean, and then back up to Borel Hill, which had its own fine views of the Bay.