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My First Hike with Dad, Revisited 40 Years Later

What experience got you hooked on the outdoors? For me, I can trace it back to the first time my dad took me hiking 40 years ago this year when I was either 11 or 12. Along with my older brother Robert (that's him with my dad in the vintage-1972 photo at right), we hiked up San Gabriel Peak (6164') in the Angeles National Forest, about an hour's drive from our house in Southern California. It must not have been too big of a deal to my dad, since I can recall only a couple of other occasions ...

Posted by Steve T on June 19, 2012 5:18 PM & Tagged Father's Day, Hiking, San Gabriel Peak and fire | permalink | Comments



Prescribed Burns: 'Tis the Smoky Season

Expect prescribed fires to begin popping up on public lands from coast to coast in the months ahead. Yosemite National Park, for example, managed a successful burn in the park's Crane Flats area (about 30 miles northwest of Yosemite Valley on Route 120) that began June 29 and completed by July 2.  Yosemite has produced an informative, 26-minute film titled Best Intentions that explains the sometimes confounding rationale behind prescribed burns. The park also forthrightly addresses a 2009 ...

Posted by T.D. Wood on July 6, 2010 9:59 PM & Tagged Big Meadow Fire, Crane Flats, Grand Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, Rock Mountain National Park, Yosemite National Park, fire and prescribed burns | permalink | Comments