Gambolin’ Man has a new post on his hiking explorations in the Oakland Hills over on his Gambolin’ Man blog. Like his other posts, this one provides rich detail and insights into nature and life, along with stunning photos.
Here’s a taste:
First, let us give thanks and praise to the wondrous workings of local geology. In the East Bay, ten million years of turbulent uplift, shifting, folding and contorting, punctuated by cataclysmic volcanic eruptions and explosions, have warped and tortured the landscape, defining the natural features that gave rise to unique plant and animal communities, and eons later, to the human diorama. A Stegosaurus ridge spine, some 20 miles long, runs northwesterly along the urban boundary zone, jutting up an average of 1300 ft., with several 1700 footers, and topping out at Vollmer Peak, not the most dominating presence at 1905 ft. in the Berkeley Hills, but still an impressive rise of earth where civilization’s relentless encroachment is halted and has no where to go.
Be sure to read all of Tom’s older posts too.
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I love Gambolin’ Man’s posts! Thanks for highlighting them!
Me Too!
Nicole and Mark, I heartily concur. Gambolin’ Man does a great job.
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