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Castle Rock State Park

December 10, 2023December 29, 2023 slvpost.comcastle rock, state parks0 comment

Working off holiday season indulgences by tromping the sunny knolls of Castle Rock State Park. Great fall and winter colors and a quick fix for a dose of sunshine, too, on these short days in the lee of Ben Lomond Mountain. The easiest way to get to Castle Rock’s 34 miles of hiking trails from the San Lorenzo Valley is… Read More

Column: Gale McCreary Environment Outdoors

Albino Redwoods: The Ghosts of the Forest

June 13, 2022June 3, 2023 slvpost.comalbino redwoods, henry cowell, redwoods, state parks0 comment

Contributors to a Mighty and Interconnected Family By Gale McCreary It is a student, crouched in the shamrock-like oxalis plants on the shady redwood forest floor, who first alerts me to the mutant. With careful steps I approach the young man as he poses, one knee on his flattened blaick backpack, the other raised as a writing table for his… Read More