Monthly Archives: September 2013

A quiet monday morning and I was itching to get out of the house, despite nursing an injured knee. Hmmm…no hiking, no steep cycling…how about a low-key fall outing along the Santa Cruz coast? (“Injured knee” you ask? I recently … Continue reading →

Some people call them “seats” and some call them “saddles”. So as not to confuse the title of this post with equestrian sports, I’m saying “seat”! Last week I decided to stretch my recent cycling range beyond the 100km trip … Continue reading →

Yesterday I enjoyed a 14 mile loop with 2 hiking friends. It was a trail we’d all been on a few times before…in fact this same trail was the first time we hiked together back in 2008! The air in … Continue reading →

I thought I’d had enough of Nisene Marks State Park for awhile, following a very strenuous off-trail experience on August 10th. https://alpharoaming.com/2013/08/12/bushwhacking-aptos-creek-near-santa-cruz-ca/ Being the slow learner that I am, I jumped at the chance to join a group that had … Continue reading →

We woke up at dawn on sunday morning (at our ugly, but convenient, campsite), and headed down the block for our morning coffee. From there, we packed-up our camping gear and headed to the Flume Trail shuttle for our 9:30 … Continue reading →

Day 1 of a delayed report from mid-August! A good friend and I planned a mountain biking trip to Lake Tahoe several months in advance. We put this mid-August weekend on our “family calendars” several months in advance. We didn’t … Continue reading →