North Fork of the American River

Ron Gould has put up a web page about the road/trail closure at Lost Camp, see http://www.northforktrails.com/lostcamproad/ There is all kin...

What an unusual fall, so stormy, so cool and cloudy! So often, October is bright and warm. Today it begins to find its old self. Our Black B...

[written October 9, 2007] The day after visiting Hayden Hill, and that lovely little patch of old-growth forest growing on the broad terrace...

Following the narrow ridge-crest north, zig-zagging just exactly as the local bears zig and zag, through masses of Ceanothus and small conif...

[written September 17, 2007] Ron Gould and I headed up to Emigrant Gap, then a few miles south on Forest Road 19, to Sailor Point. We parked...

[written August 13, 2007] Walking down the ancient trail, with twelve people scattered along the way, some above, some below, I found myself...

[written August 10, 2007] My family joined our Bay Area friends the Creelmans for a visit to Monumental Creek, once again driving south from...