The Fog Dodgers invite all residents and visitors of the Mendocino Coast to join us on our weekly group runs and walks. We have runners and walkers of all abilities (and even some bikers) and we have only one "rule" - we start at exactly 8:00 a.m. on Sundays. Exercise at your own pace (1/2 hour out, 1/2 hour back) and experience the fresh Mendocino coastal air.

Fog Dodgers provides a fun, safe way to explore some of our local trails and back roads and to meet new friends. You can find out where we're going to be by reading the bottom of last week's post, then clicking on the "Our Routes" tab above. We average 15-20 persons each Sunday and typically half will go to breakfast together afterwards at a nearby restaurant.

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Ten Mile River logging road

 It must be the continuing gorgeous weather that gave such a great turnout this morning of 21 people - even without our leader - Tom and Nancy.  Roll on climate change!
The first part of ten-mile has that steep hill, which, when we started, hadn't had the benefit of basking in the beautiful morning sun, so it would have been more appropriate to have worn ice skates than walking boots.  Still Jan & Marc, John L., Suzie, Gay & Mark, Johnny, Nancy B., Steve & Ora, Dorothy, Nick, Neil, Toni, Cindy & Jim, Fran, Randy, Randy (of rompingradishes.com fame) and Roger & Nancy all managed to get down (and up) the hill without needing the services of a doctor.

The picture I've included is one I took on last weeks walk, and is a wild rose seen on the Navarro Ridge Road.

As I get to write this weeks blog, I guess I can take the opportunity to do a little advertising. I created and maintain a number of websites, one of which has grown to be quite a project.  It started off supporting our local model railway, but has grown into a great reference for all the local logging and railroad history.  Take a look at www.mendorailhistory.org - which now has over 500 pages, 3,000 photographs and 100 videos.

John just sent me a photo he took this morning of Ten Mile River and Bridge.  I've added here on the right.

NEXT SUNDAY, 11th Dec @ 8:00 A.M.: Hare Creek, Jackson State Forest Road 400 (off Hwy. 20 - see our routes)
EVERY TUESDAY @ 7:00 A.M.: RUSSIAN GULCH STATE PARK, beginning on Point Cabrillo Drive, 1/10 of a mile north of its south end.
EVERY THURSDAY @ 7:00 A.M.: VAN DAMME STATE PARK, beginning at the beach.
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