A new start

In the past few weeks I’ve been getting outdoors a lot more than I have in years. Thanks to my new four-legged hiking buddy, I’m revisiting places that were once familiar and discovering some that are entirely new to me. The result has been that the dog is happy, I feel a bit more fit, and I have brand new […]

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Acorn Creek explorations

I’ve driven past the Acorn Creek Trailhead on Salmon Falls Road many times over the years but never stopped to check it out — mostly because it didn’t seem especially inviting during the heat of a summer day. But a reasonably wet January is a different matter, so a week ago I took my dog and headed out, not really […]

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Exploring Rattlesnake Bar

I’ve been out to Rattlesnake Bar a few times within the past month with my new companion, and I seriously enjoy introducing him for the first time to these places that are so familiar to me. Before the most recent round of storms hit, we went out to explore another section of shoreline, and we both found a few surprises. […]

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Stripes and splashes

I’m so grateful now for the day I spent with the Big Guy on his bass boat late last June. We launched from Vieira’s Resort near Isleton on the Sacramento River, and explored northward toward Liberty Island and into Lindsay Slough before turning south. We passed underneath the Rio Vista Bridge and found a striped bass “honey hole” alongside Sherman […]

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