Fern Canyon, Van Damme State Park

Thank you, John, for today's photo from Little River.

It was a brisk, 38 degrees at our 8:00 a.m. start. Luckily, the "normal" morning breeze wasn't present at Van Damme, so it was good for running and walking. It was a pleasure to welcome a new local runner and we hope that Lindsey will return. Also present were: Orah, Steve, Jan, Marc, Bob, Tanya, John, Elaine, Nancy T., Roger, Megan, Rick, Fran (?), Nancy and Tom (16).

NEXT SUNDAY, March 4th @ 8:00 A.M.: JACKSON STATE FOREST ROAD 450, (see "Our Routes" above).

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.

CASPAR LOGGING ROAD

Poor captive goose by J. Loomis


and a Flowering Plum, to show that it's almost Spring!

I'm having trouble posting photos in the right spots but you get the idea.


It was calm, overcast and about 41 degrees this morning, as we started our run or walk on the Caspar Logging Road. Really good weather for running, a bit nippy when walking. Jackson State Forest has spread more of the used asphalt grindings, going further up Road 500 from where they left off last year. This makes the surface absolutely perfect, as far as it goes. Hopefully, they'll be able to extend it even further before stopping this year.

Present this morning were: Toni, Nancy B., Rick, Megan, Rick S., Cindy, Jim, Gay, Mark, Jan, Marc, Fran, Charlene, John, Laurie, Bob, Johnny and Tom (18). I hope I didn't miss someone.

Afterwards, nine of us were joined by Brad for a really nice David's Restaurant breakfast.

We're supposed to have really nice weather all week long and I think the Fern Canyon Trail at Van Damme will be really nice, so,

NEXT SUNDAY, 2/26/12 @ 8:00 A.M.: VAN DAMME STATE PARK, see "Our Routes" above.

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.

MacKerricher Haul Road

This morning, we ran and walked the MacKerricher Haul Road. It was a pretty morning, though a bit cool at 40 degrees with an onshore breeze to give it a little more chill.


Photos thanks to John


Nice to see San Diego Larry here again, someone to keep Johnny from slacking off. Also present: Johnny, Laurie, Rick,Megan, Nancy B., Rick B., Nancy T., Roger, Jan, Marc, Neil, John, Bob, Randy, Gay, Mark, Nancy and Tom (19).

NEXT SUNDAY, 2/19/12 @ 8:00 A.M.: CASPAR LOGGING ROAD (see "Our Routes" above). If you want an e-mail reminder, send me your e-mail address and I'll send you an invite to join the Yahoo Fog Dodgers Group, which sends out an email reminder.

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.

Big River Logging Road

The theme for this morning's run/walk was Groundhog Day and so we did exactly what we did last week.

This photo was stolen from the internet but the nice photo below of Mendocino's Masonic Temple (formerly) is from John, thanks.
By the way, Punxsatahney Phil did see his shadow this week, 6 more weeks of winter.



Weather seemed about the same, a very cold and breezy start (it was 36 at my house when we left and today's vehicle didn't have a thermometer). Everyone really wanted to start early, to get out of the wind. Up the road a half mile it became quite decent. I could only think of Ron, over in Hawaii, about to wake up and run in nice warm 5K race.

John got this Mendocino photograph for us this morning, thanks John.

We had a new person this morning, Tom. I'm going to have to give him a sur-initial when I learn it. Others present: Jan, Marc, Geri, Cheryl, Neil, Bob, John, Bob, Nancy T., Roger, Peter, Fran, Nancy and Tom (15).

NEXT SUNDAY, Feb. 12th @ 8:00 A.M.: MacKerricher Haul Road. See "Our Routes" above.

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.

Ron Jahelka Trail (Big River)

Thank you, John, for this morning's pic! It was a beautiful morning. A bit cold, 38, at the start, with the normal morning down canyon breeze, but just a little ways up the road and everything was perfect. A nice, large, happy group of people this morning including: guests of Nancy and Rick B., Martin and Ronna; Larry T., Johnny, Rod, actually 2 Rods, Geri, Cindy, Jim, Gay, Mark, Toni, Jan, Marc, Bob, John, Charlene, Ron, Nancy T., Roger, Kathy, Steve, Nancy and Tom (26), and I hope I got everyone.

You may remember the movie, Groundhog Day? Well, this next Thursday is Groundhog Day, and so in keeping with the theme of that movie, we will do the same walk and run next Sunday. We always seem to get a nice turnout at Big River anyway and this way, I don't have to make any decision as to where to meet. Good luck to Johnny, running the Trinidad to Clam Beach Race and to Ron, running a race in beautiful, warm Hawaii!

Johnny and Brad had guests visiting this weekend and by the time we had breakfast at David's, there were 20 Fog Dodger related patrons. It was a very nice breakfast, Kira.

NEXT SUNDAY, FEB 5TH @ 8:00 A.M.: BIG RIVER LOGGING ROAD, see "Our Routes" above.

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.

NAVARRO RIDGE ROAD

Thanks, John L., for the photo. It "captures" the morning and Navarro Ridge.

I finally get to say, it wasn't a perfect morning for running and walking today. It's been awhile now, one perfect day after another. Today, it was raining, 42 degrees and a little windy. Going out, the wind and rain were right in your face but coming back was really quite nice.

Present today were: Charlene, Ron, Laurie, Tanya, John, Nancy and Tom (7). Five stayed for breakfast at the Whitesboro Grange. Hopefully, Brent was able to join them.

There are showers predicted for most of the next week or we'd go to Van Damme again. Instead,

NEXT SUNDAY, DATE @ 8:00 A.M.: BIG RIVER LOGGING ROAD (RON JAHELKA TRAIL), along Big River.

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. The mornings are getting lighter, no more 7:15 starts.

EVERY THURSDAY @ 7:00 A.M.: VAN DAMME STATE PARK, beginning at the beach.

Russian Gulch 1/15/12

I received these photos from Roger after posting the blog earlier. They're too good to not get into the blog. I think you'll agree. Remember, you can click on any photo and get a much larger, yet still beautiful image.