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Regarding Carson Pass : The 1844 Frémont Expedition turned south from northern Nevada. When encamped at Nevada's Carson Valley on Janua...

I sure did that thing , properly known as the Jedediah Smith Trail . From Lake Folsom to the confluence of the American with the Sacramento...

It's a lot of fun. Not nearly as steep as some reviews imply, it's a 1200' foot drop over 3.5 miles, 7 miles round trip. I thi...

I normally write about running, not strength training, but there's one thing I'm all about, in life and training: balance . So her...

Then get your special PA plate ! If you got one of those wildlife ones with the tigers on them, good for you for showing support, but the l...

CNN's JD Sutter did it in a kayak. You can find his Twitter feed here - scroll back to about June 14th if you want to read through the...

These are awesome, because each one is an object lesson in Type 1 errors - that is, we're sure we see some kind of regular pattern (like...

Two Poms and a Truck . These folks really cover some miles. If you're considering a road trip in Oz I can't imagine a better resou...

Several highlights of the trail : 1) William B. Pond area has beavers (gigantic ones!), gigantic turtles, and deer. I saw all these in a...

Story in the Sacramento Bee here . I'm kind of surprised that they would be hanging out in the Central Valley but then again I've s...

from nationalatlas.gov Like many Californians, I've usually thought of the Central Valley as a place that is on the way to somewhere...

The Shire today. Due to economic mismanagement it has gone the way of Detroit, plus sheep. From weburbanist.com. Yo, check it: I went...