Fun Things to Do Outdoors

February 22, 2013

Running the Spenceville Wildlife Trails

Running the Spenceville Wildlife Trails. How to get there: Take Highway 20 out of Grass valley heading west toward Marysville and Yuba City. Just after you […]
February 10, 2013

Go for a Run on the Yuba River with Bob

Today we’ll run about 8 miles, 4 miles out and 4 miles back, along the South Fork of the Yuba River, the soul of Nevada County.  […]
September 15, 2012

Bear River Clean Up

Bear River (Rio Oso) divides north Placer and south Nevada counties in the lower foothills of California.  Each year volunteers from the nearby communities gather at […]
August 16, 2012

A Tale of Two Dumps (part 2)

Herein lies a tale of two dumps, Auburn and Grass Valley.  Actually, we no longer call them “dumps” as we did in olden times.  Now they […]
August 6, 2012

Landscaping Workshop for the Sierra Foothills

We will be presenting a FREE landscaping workshop at 7:00 PM on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2012 at the Generations Health Club just outside the gate of Lake […]
July 21, 2012

Running Embudito Canyon

One of my favorite places to run is the Embudito Canyon below the Sandia Mountains near Albuquerque, New Mexico. ,   If you thought that first […]
July 7, 2012

Fourth of July at Lake of the Pines, California

Fourth of July is the BIG DAY at lake of the Pines, California.  In the morning there’s a golf cart parade (cash prizes!) a fly-over by […]
June 23, 2012

Buddha, Won’t You please Come Home?

Part 1.  The Secret Trail There’s a secret trail near my home at Lake of the Pines, California.  Dharma and I run there often because it’s […]
June 18, 2012

Sutter Buttes Day Trip

The Sutter Buttes are an isolated cluster of small mountains that seem to have floated up throught the valley floor near Yuba City, California.  This peculiar […]