Blogs from Half Moon Bay, California, United States, North America - page 3

New Year's Eve Dec 31, 2009 & New Year's Day Jan 1, 2010 at The Ritz... read more

On the San Francisco peninsula near the coastal town of Half Moon Bay, up on the Skyline Ridge of the Santa Cruz mountains, are fabulous hiking trails through majestic redwood forests. This week, I resolved to explore as much of the Purisima Canyon Redwoods as I could. On Day One, I drove south a few miles from the junction of Highway 92 and CA 35 (Skyline Blvd) until I saw the Open Space Preserve sign. I parked the Jeep in the ample parking lot and headed for the trails. Some maps were available at the info board, so I picked one and chose the day's route. Today, I did a Purisima North Ridge to Whittmore Trail Loop, nearly 4 miles round-trip, dropping down from the 1600-ft. elevation at ridge top to the northern gulch of the ... read more

I decided to make the drive down to Ano Nuevo to check out the Northern Elelphant Seals during the pupping season. During the pupping season, all the hikes into the pupping areas are guided. You can go there other times of the year without being guided, and still see Elephant Seals though. I decided to take the guided tour to see what I could learn. While these seals come to this area twice a year, the spend a vast majority of their time out at sea, far out at sea. While that must be a tiring existence, when they are here this time of year, they are generally here for around three months or so. Must be they get the majority of their rest for the year here. It is supposedly a 1.5 mile hike from ... read more

Just passed Half Moon Bay, wild camping place, 13-11-2002. I leave Pete's house late morning following the road behind his house that will bring me to Highway Number One, the main road between Santa Cruz and San Fransisco. Once again I'm on my own, back on my cycle, my legs going up and down the pedals all day while my mind goes inside its own gary mass that inhabits the top of my skull and controls my body, my mental processes and makes me who I am. When one cycles all day there is not much for the mind to do. Controlling my main leg muscles is easy work and probably takes only a fraction of what the human mind is capable of. One will go through a lot of mental stuff like frustations suffered before ... read more

Amanece frío y gris en Montara, pero no dejamos que los ánimos decaigan, mi excursión para hoy: ir a Half Moon Bay (a unos 15 kilómetros al sur de Montara), Y así poco a poco comienzo mi periplo, atravesando bosques temerosos, playas desérticas, bolas del mundo, puertos, muelles, playas con gente, cámpings, cafés, carreteras y sendas que no van a ninguna parte. Y cuando me quiero dar cuenta, llevo más de 4 horas caminando (eso sí, con ipod y con una parada en el Beach Club para tomar un café y observar a los socios del club naútico, no es nada exclusivo, Half Moon Bay no es Marbella). El centro de Half Moon Bay es un lugar simpático, aunque lo que merece la pena es el camino (no la meta, ja! ja! ja!), para la vuelta, ... read more