Monthly Archives: May 2014

I’ve been wearing exclusively “Merrell Moab Ventilator” hiking shoes for about 3 years now. Love ’em! http://www.merrell.com/US/en/Moab-Collection After a little over a year of hard use, about 3 days a week, the soles were showing some wear in the center, … Continue reading →

This past thursday I took a docent-led tour, with 3 other friends, at Stanford University’s Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. http://jrbp.stanford.edu/ It’s located very close to Highway 280, off of Sand Hill Road. If you’re passing-by on 280, and look at … Continue reading →

A few photos from a recent adventure in Henry Coe State park! It’s a great opportunity on summer weekends to drive 7 miles further into the park than you normally can. Dowdy Visitor’s Center: http://coepark.net/pineridgeassociation/planning-your-visit/visitor-centers-and-park-entrances/dowdy-ranch-visitor-center (It is also possible to … Continue reading →

Imagine the peaceful serenity and killer hillclimbs that can be found in Henry Coe State Park, but this ride includes one of the most innovative brewpubs around! You could do a big ride in Henry Coe State Park (like this … Continue reading →

Back on December 6th I wrote about the beginning of the demolition of the old Hewlett-Packard buildings (…and Tandem Computers, which was purchased by H-P) https://alpharoaming.com/2013/12/06/new-apple-spaceship-campus/ Here’s a local article, with an aerial view, showing the site being completely stripped … Continue reading →

A quick shout out to the cool little “Bike Hut”! For some reason, they’ve been open 5 years and I never knew about them! (…because the few times I’ve been in this area I took the Lobitos Cutoff Road and … Continue reading →