* * * I figured the walk up to Morse Falls would be tricky after a stormy season that brought so many mud slides and toppled trees-...

* * * I spent the early part of the morning, while it was still too dark to hike down the Cataract Trail, poking around Serpentin...

* * * I figured the "spring forward" time change would rattle most people, so I expected to be the first one at the gate ...

* * * A friend at work told me at least a couple of months ago that he'd had a fairly close encounter with a bobcat at Divide M...

* * * Sometimes it doesn't pay to be early. The Pantoll gate was locked when I arrived, well after 7 a.m., and probably closer ...

* * * It was a beautiful morning for a hike up to Carson Falls. Fairfax-Bolinas Road is still closed at Azalea Hill, so I had to ...