Trail Wanderlust
First: This from San Diego City Parks and Recreation Department. Please be advised that the trails approved by the City Council on Carmel Mountain and Del Mar Mesa will be open for use tomorrow. Maps will be posted at kiosks.… On the Del Mar Mesa map, as shown below, trails opened by the Council action … Continue reading “Part of Tunnels Open – Semi Rant”
I took the singlespeed out for a little trail love these Tuesday out at Penasquitos Canyon and the “Tunnels”. Tunnels used to be in the “secret-stash” catergory but has exploded in popularity with the destruction of Del Mar Mesa and the “Intestines” trails. You won’t find much in the way of direct information about Tunnels … Continue reading “A Little Singlespeeding in the Tunnels”
This past weekend, I did a “nearcation” at the Lake Jennings Campground in Lakeside. While enjoying the weekend I checked out the nearby Flume Trail. It is called the “Historic Flume Trail” in many sources the west end of it is referred to as the Helix Flume Trail. To further complicate matters there is another … Continue reading “Historic San Diego Flume Trail”
After a week full of nasty rainy weather the sun was out! I headed to a trail system in Zushi colloquially known as “Duck Pond”. I have been there numerous time before but it has been about eight years since my last time here. I have a GPS track on how to get there, but … Continue reading “Zushi Double Shot!”
It has been long overdue, but I have finally updated my Los Penasquitos page to reflect the current configuration of trails in the area. Yes, it does include the Tunnels area. More from a trail inventory perspective than a go ride it endorsement. Although, if those trails were legal I would highly endorse them. But … Continue reading “Updated Los Penasquitos Page”
Tuesday, I opted for spin through Penasquitos Canyon with the hardtail. After riding the UZZI around for that last while, the hardtail felt like a flatland rocketsled out a PQ. It felt really good carry a good grip of speed under your own power without the assistance gravity. I knew I was going to be … Continue reading “Tuesday Spin at PQ”
This is the second year a group of advocates and friends got together to do a ride that has become known as the Archipelago Ride. Open Space in coastal San Diego County has become very fragmented over the years into a patchwork of “islands of open space”. The Archipelago Ride concept is one to demonstrate how these … Continue reading “The 2009 Archipelago Ride”
Rich Julian and I have been tossing around the idea for this ride for quite sometime as part of the our “Islands Project” concept of pushing to have all of the our small islands of open space connected throughout the county. Each little island of open space on its own has a network of trails … Continue reading “Archipelago Ride”
