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West Fork Oak Creek, Sedona AZ. 400ft (from 5,320 to 5,660ft). Out of Bounds: Occasionally we venture beyond NorCal and we usually take our hiking boots with us. Normal service will resume very soon! Trekking up Oak Creek’s west fork offers one of the best hiking experiences in Sedona, an area already known as a hiker’s paradise. The steep canyon walls and the shade of trees make this a perfect trail if you’re looking to avoid the heat of the Arizona sun. If you’re suitably equipped, you can contin...
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Bay Area Outdoors and Beyond...: Merced River Canyon - Oh Wow!
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Bay Area Outdoors and Beyond. Saturday, March 21, 2009. Merced River Canyon - Oh Wow! There is a very special event happening right now a few hours drive from the Bay Area. An explosion of wildflowers has erupted along the hillsides of the Merced River Canyon East of Mariposa along Highway 140. Some say they have never seen so many wildflowers in bloom along the canyon. Most of the Yosemite themed blogs that I follow ( LittleRedTent. Incline Road and Hite's Cove Trail (did I mention I was a planner?
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Bay Area Outdoors and Beyond...: Bayfront Park - Menlo Park
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Bay Area Outdoors and Beyond. Wednesday, January 14, 2009. Bayfront Park - Menlo Park. The entrance to the park is right off Hwy 101 on the Marsh Rd. exit. Instead of turning R on Bayfront Express way, go straight into the park. There are a couple of parking lots and some parking on the street. There is a restroom at the parking lot, but no water, so be prepared. There were no trail maps available but I did know that there was a main trail that circled the park (Thanks Google Maps! After traversing about...
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Bay Area Outdoors and Beyond...: Año Nuevo State Natural Reserve - A National Geographic Experience
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Bay Area Outdoors and Beyond. Sunday, January 18, 2009. Año Nuevo State Natural Reserve - A National Geographic Experience. This past weekend's adventure took us to Año Nuevo SNR. As you can imagine, the park is a very popular destination, not only for us Bay Area. There are more than just elephant seals at Año Nuevo. Many sea birds and other mammals can be seen within the park. I sure was glad I had my zoom lens with me. The coyote made a bee line for an area just out of view. We soon saw that h...Below...
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Bay Area Outdoors and Beyond...: San Fransisco Wanderings
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Bay Area Outdoors and Beyond. Saturday, December 13, 2008. I decided to take the family out on a quick day trip and thought it was time to do something in "The City". San Francisco is just across the bay. From me, but always seems so far away. The original plan was to head to Golden Gate park and check out the recent changes to the Stienhart Aquarium and the new California Academy of Sciences. But to just to get out of the house for a bit. We hit all three places and had a great. Great Egret at the baths.
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Bay Area Outdoors and Beyond...: Mt. Wittenberg Loop - Pt. Reyes National Seashore
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Bay Area Outdoors and Beyond. Sunday, May 2, 2010. Mt Wittenberg Loop - Pt. Reyes National Seashore. I love loop hikes and Pt. Reyes is usually very accommodating! There are two trails that connect the Bear Valley Trailhead to Mt. Wittenberg: the steeper Sky Trail (2.2 miles by topo) and Horse Trail (3 miles by topo, but more like 4 miles). The question was do we take the shorter steeper route up or the longer gradual ascend with the steeper descent. We went for steep up! The trip up to the top was uneve...
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Bay Area Outdoors and Beyond...: Clouds Rest - A Heroic Acheivement
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Bay Area Outdoors and Beyond. Tuesday, October 21, 2008. Clouds Rest - A Heroic Acheivement. This past Saturday (October 18), I headed to Tenaya Lake with a few friends to tackle Clouds Rest in Yosemite National Park. Curious about what was going on, I discovered that the trip was the brain child of Nick Cunningham, the Director of Generation Fate. In a few hours, we arrived at the top of Clouds Rest. The last part of the trail is a narrow shoulder with steep drops on both sides. Surely they wouldn't mak...
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Bay Area Outdoors and Beyond...: Latest Happenings plus Three Great Hikes
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Bay Area Outdoors and Beyond. Wednesday, November 10, 2010. Latest Happenings plus Three Great Hikes. It's been a while since my last post. As usual I've been keeping my self pretty busy putting lots miles on my CR-V and filling up my GPS and hard drive. Unfortunately, all of this activity has gotten in the way of my writing (It's a nice problem to have). Okay, enough of the marketing and sales pitches. Here's a few quick tips to some great Bay Area hiking locations for this time of year. The Fall months...
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Bay Area Outdoors and Beyond...: Firefall at Horsetail Fall - First Attempt
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Bay Area Outdoors and Beyond. Monday, February 16, 2009. Firefall at Horsetail Fall - First Attempt. I mentioned last week that I was heading to Yosemite to capture the elusive Firefall at Horsetail Fall. We left the very dark East Bay at 4:30, hoping to get in the valley early enough to take advantage of any morning light we could find. We were not disappointed! The sun came back (Yeah! However, about 20 minutes before sunset, the approaching storm decided to make its advance known and we never saw any ...
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Embrace the Outdoors: Yosemite Hike - Cathedral Lakes
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Hiking, Running, Biking, Camping, in the San Francisco Bay Area. June 22, 2012. Yosemite Hike - Cathedral Lakes. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to Embrace the Outdoors. Embrace the Outdoors is a blog dedicated to the outdoors in the SF Bay Area. We try to find as much time as possible to venture out hiking, biking, running and camping. Subscribe in a Reader. Yosemite Hike - Cathedral Lakes. Brian and Ashley's Hiking Blog! California State Parks Foundation. East Bay Regional Parks.
