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Piedras Pintadas Trail
Published Feb. 1, 2012
The aptly named Piedras Pintadas (“painted rocks”) trail in Escondido explores a small part of the rich San Diego County Kumeyaay Indian culture and habitat by following a well-marked trail with interpretive plaques. The trail wraps ...
Mine Canyon
Published Jan. 25, 2012
Visit a large Kumeyaay village site with grinding areas and hundreds of agave-roasting pits. Then continue after a short drive and by foot into the North Pinyon Mountains via Mine Wash. Distance from downtown San Diego: ...
Pinyon Wash/Harper Flat
Published Jan. 18, 2012
This hike takes you up Pinyon Wash, lined with wildflowers in the spring, and into Harper Flat, an extensive area of Native American use. At the end of Pinyon Wash Road, the well-marked trail takes you ...
Hellhole Canyon Open Space Preserve
Published Jan. 11, 2012
Hellhole Canyon Open Space Preserve east of Valley Center is a valuable resource for wildlife, hikers, and equestrians, with running water, a scenic canyon, and ... More Comment (1)
Ghost Mountain
Published Jan. 4, 2012
A rugged one-mile trail up the Ghost Mountain ridge leads to Yaquitepec (elev. 3215 feet), the ruins of an adobe home built by poet/author/artist Marshal ... More Post a comment
Life on the Crest, Part 2
Published Oct. 5, 2011
He was born and raised in San Jose’s Santa Clara Valley, where, in the 1850s, his ancestor had been among the first American settlers. But ... More Comment (1)
Life on the Crest
Published Sept. 28, 2011
Jerry Schad died on Thursday, September 22, 2011. He wrote the Roam-O-Rama outdoors column for the Reader from 1993 to 2011. This is the first ... More Comments (10)
Mortero Palms
Published July 27, 2011
From the trailmaster’s favorites folder. "Limmipedes,” my three-year-old son called them, those many-legged survivors from the Mesozoic era, marching across the sand in seemingly random ... More Post a comment
End of the Trail
Published July 6, 2011
I began writing the Reader’s “Roam-O-Rama” column on January 28, 1993, with a description of a wild and lonely campsite in the Anza-Borrego Desert called ... More Comments (62)
San Diego Zoo Loop
Published June 29, 2011
For a bit of morning exercise, especially if you’re a local San Diegan, consider this quick jaunt at the San Diego Zoo — a place ... More Comment (1)
Imperial Beach Walk
Published June 15, 2011
Imperial Beach’s beaches are not as glamorous as others farther north, but they do include some very secluded stretches of sand, including the one described ... More Post a comment
Simon Open Space Preserve
Published June 8, 2011
Simon Open Space Preserve, on the edge of the San Diego Country Estates housing development, is prototypical of other such parks and open-space preserves we’re ... More Comment (1)
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