Sunday was John Muir’s birthday, so it seemed like a perfect day to go up to Joaquin Miller Park. Muir and Miller were friends, founding members of the California Writers Club, fellow bohemians and environmentalists. Muir almost certainly spent time visiting Miller in the area now known as Joaquin Miller Park, where Miller planted thousands […]
We took out Yu for his first-ever MUni ride, and subjected him to the full loop in Joaquin Miller, starting at Bishop’s Walk and climbing all the way to the top. He did great, Ricardo won Best Biff as usual, Josh got crazy air on some log jumps, and a good time was had by
We’ve ridden with Michelle in Santa Cruz countless times, but she’d never come up to ride on our trails…before this weekend, that is. We had a classic Joaquin Miller ride, with Big Trees, Cinderella, Chaparral, the overlook, and no one making it up $2 Hill. Michelle did some great riding, and won Best Biff with
Taking a break from super-technical rocky terrain, a group of us went to do the Dimond/Joaquin Miller MUni experience, which is a big slog from flatland Oakland up to the top of Joaquin Miller, with some great uphill challenges on the way, and then some moderately technical stuff and switchbacks on the downhill. Kevin and
