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The valley, coastal range, coast, and catching up
Midweek coast camping and catching up with friend. No crowds in January in the coastal city just north of our state park campsite. This certainly is the time of year to visit. These two days seemed unusually cold for the coastal winter. Frost on the sand on my short AM exploration of the trails around…
Slushy snow and perfect pizza
A jaunt up Wind River Rd. was fun. It’s a different world here in January. Normally I pass through in summer weather on motorcycle. This time of year the roads are slushy at this elevation. There was, however, plenty of snow cover in a condition/texture fine for snowshoeing (but not for skiing). I think the…
Recent in-town walking was nice…
Recent in-town walking was nice in the unusually low temperatures. Especially among some large firs in the neighborhood: And the occasional parkside train. I wish it were required that tracks had passenger depots at railside parks and that passenger cars be mixed with non-hazardous freight cars: https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-wb9QJtD/0/8e16a6f9/1280/i-wb9QJtD-1280.mp4 This cool weather was recent, leading up to…
Thoughts on Trails 