tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66742115121662028392024-03-07T12:25:15.331-08:00SnapshotsGlenn Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786860458896830646noreply@blogger.comBlogger1345125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674211512166202839.post-88831928550103821922013-11-19T13:33:00.003-08:002013-11-19T13:33:47.871-08:00Rollover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Accidents are always decent visuals for the newspaper and when the call of a rollover came across the scanner I grabbed my gear and headed for the scene.<br />
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A driver struck a road sign that flipped her car blocking both lanes of the road. Injuries were minor in the accident but looking at the scene i knew I had to incorporate the sign into the image.<br />
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It's not often i come back with a funny image from a crash and thankfully no one was seriously injured.<br />
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Glenn Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786860458896830646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674211512166202839.post-42301074812983852062013-11-06T08:59:00.002-08:002013-11-06T08:59:18.608-08:00Ooops<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sometimes it's just the background that makes a picture.Glenn Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786860458896830646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674211512166202839.post-91833553262534613172013-10-03T22:25:00.005-07:002013-10-03T22:25:57.961-07:00A classic wager<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Councilman Charles Manne and Councilwoman Nancy Young donned Tracy High football jerseys at the regular City Council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 1, paying off a friendly wager on the 18th annual Crosstown Classic football game between the Tracy High Bulldogs and the West High Wolf Pack.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Fellow Councilman Robert Rickman bet Manne and Young that Tracy High, Rickman’s alma mater, would beat West High, the school attended by Manne and by Young’s children. The loser promised to wear the opposing school’s football jersey during both October council meetings. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Tracy High defeated West High 60-0 on Friday, Sept. 27, at Wayne Schneider Stadium.</span></div>
Glenn Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786860458896830646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674211512166202839.post-50003296289977048572013-10-03T21:58:00.002-07:002013-10-03T22:06:40.188-07:00Afternoon burn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Spot news is quirky, you can go weeks or even months with little or no action and then over a week or two it seems like everything is on fire around town. Today had me running to just beyond city limits for a compost fire.<br />
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Afternoon winds fueled the blaze which swept from one pile to the next igniting the compost and sending a thick column of smoke across Sugar Road and over Tracy. I parked across the street and had to hike into the fire scene again. This time I made sure to stay clear of the blowing smoke.<br />
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Over the scanner I could hear firefighters working to contain the blaze as embers jumped across the rows fanned by the winds. Three engine companies, two water tenders, reserve crews and the compost company's water trucks worked to break down the burning piles and smother the flames.<br />
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The fire department said the fire could last anywhere from several hours to a few days. Until then residents will be able to savor the odor coming from the burning piles as the smoke drifts south over town.Glenn Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786860458896830646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674211512166202839.post-86566497145841578112013-09-30T21:55:00.000-07:002013-09-30T21:55:09.615-07:00Heat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I wasn't going to bother going to this grass fire burning well outside city limits but listening to the scanner they kept sending different fire departments to the scene. With all the commotion I just had to go take a look.<br />
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The fire was burning in a irrigation ditch along Tracy Boulevard about 3/4 of a mile from Howard Road. The California Highway Patrol had set up a roadblock so I had to hoof it in to the scene. The fire was slowly moving through the heavy brush and trees of the ditch, a term i learned was called "skunking around." The 20 mile-per-winds were still driving the fire and smoke a decent clip as crews raced to either end to try and knock it down.<br />
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I left my fire resistant wildlands fire gear in the car (a brilliant move on my behalf) so I made my way along the ditch carefully as the flames moved in front of and behind me. I had a good escape route down the levee to Tracy Boulevard but the smoke was making for difficult times. Between the acrid sting in my eyes and the near zero visibility at times for the blowing smoke I was just content to stand there and wait for an opening to shoot.<br />
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As the wind drive the fire through the ditch tule and trees began to ignite. the popping sound was a might unnerving but what was worse was a call for crowning condition, the fire was racing to the tops of the trees in the ditch. The flames licked outward from the tree tops send columns of smoke billowing into the sky. Exposures were tricky as I was shooting into a partially obscured sun by the rising smoke with the trees and other foliage in deep shadows.<br />
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I managed to get a couple of shot that showed the flame height and some that had crews battling the flames before the smoke covered everything too densely again. Done with the fire I arrived back at the office, streaked with soot and smelling like an old campfire. My one lesson learned form this fire was to pack a bottle of Visine eye drops to ease the burning sensation form the smoke.Glenn Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786860458896830646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674211512166202839.post-91304978608978989252013-09-26T15:24:00.002-07:002013-09-26T15:24:29.577-07:00The return of Skateman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<o:p> </o:p>It’s not often I find myself on a lonely country road,
sitting in a car with a man wearing a red cape and SpongeBob SquarePants boxer
shorts. Holiday SpongeBob SquarePants boxers to be exact. But I never know
where my camera will take me and on Monday I was on a stretch of Midway Road
west of town watching the return of Skateman.</div>
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David Goad brought his alter ego to life last year as he
paid of Facebook wager to roller skate from the <st1:place><st1:placename>Hidden</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype>Lakes</st1:placetype></st1:place> subdivision across town to
the mall in his colorful costume with vintage style roller skates. Goad is
raising funds for research on multiple myeloma, a rare form of cancer that his older
brother Jeff has.</div>
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To raise funds this year Goad decided on a more daunting
task, a roller skate feat not yet attempted, or at least no one has owned up
about trying this before. On Oct. 6 Goad
will roller skate 4 and-a-half miles up the 12 percent grade of Patterson Pass
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I’m a hiker and I know what a 4 mile, 1,300 foot climb feels
like. It’s not easy. It can’t be any
easier wearing roller skates, vintage ones at that. I watched Goad’s first training
run up the winding Midway Road. Not a fun time at all. The skates vibrate on
the rough road, there is traffic to contend with and the downhill leg is
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I talked to Jeff’s brother in <st1:city>Chicago</st1:city>
and in the short conversation with the two brothers I know the love they have
for each other and each would suffer any burden for the other. Though David
Goad’s task is daunting his motivation is sure to keep him going to the top.</div>
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When I heard the call of a haystack fire at a farm just outside of town I grabbed my camera gear and headed out the door. As bas they are haystack fires can make for some spectacular visuals.<br />
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The fire would go on to destroy 110 tons of alfalfa hay and burn for almost three days. A cause was never found as the fire burned so hot it would have destroyed any evidence of the fire's origin.<br />
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I was also treated to my first power line failure as a service drop above the burning hay melted through in a shower of sparks. All in all some noteworthy images to be had from this fire.<br />
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Glenn Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786860458896830646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674211512166202839.post-68096137192083830582013-09-24T22:06:00.002-07:002013-09-24T22:06:33.323-07:00Target practice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was bored waiting for the start of a golf match so I though why not get in a little practice follow focusing? There were a number of dragonflies buzzing about so I aimed my 300mm along their flight path and fired away.<br />
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I learned two things right way; dragonflies are quick little devils and they never fly straight and level for more than a few seconds before they make a radical course change. Anyhow it was good practice to keep my fingers nimble on the focusing collar.<br />
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It's been a while since I have posted here, things happened that preoccupied my life. The passing of my mother, a change at work, things spiraled out of my control until I landed here, right now.<br />
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This blog has become a collection of random thoughts and experiences from work. My hiking photography has found another venue and I decided to resurrect this blog instead of abandoning it.<br />
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So after months of standing still I'll try to bring a glimpse of work life to these pages. It's never a dull day on assignment, well almost never.<br />
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Glenn Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786860458896830646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674211512166202839.post-12365973979342514352013-04-15T17:40:00.003-07:002013-04-15T17:40:55.803-07:00Drive by<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I snapped this shot as a possible cover for a special section for the Patterson, Ca paper. This shot is the wrong shape for the section but I love the lines, the feeling of movement and receding shapes from the palm trees. That and it has a sweet looking Model T car.Glenn Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786860458896830646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674211512166202839.post-73089806995354391442013-04-12T15:48:00.001-07:002013-04-12T15:48:07.036-07:00Lady liberty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sometimes you just have to smile on assignment. I was assigned to take some pictures for a tax filing season story and turned my camera on the woman trying to get customers for Liberty Tax Service. Since mid-January someone stands on the sidewalk of 11th Street near Lincoln Boulevard trying to drum up some tax return business. On the day I went by <span style="font-size: small;">Carole Angulo dressed as the Statue of Liberty and her dog, Conchita, waved to
cars passing by on 11th Street.</span><br />
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It seems like have a specialty for capturing moments in sporting events that don't go quite as planned. This shot is part of a motor-drive sequence of an outfielder's attempt to capture a fly ball to shallow center field. The player just missed the ball on his diving attempt. I don't use autofocus on my camera and this was the only frame that was sharp as I pulled the focus following his run for the ball. Sometimes I just get lucky I guess.Glenn Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786860458896830646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674211512166202839.post-57574987262119085742013-02-26T20:05:00.002-08:002013-02-26T20:05:30.260-08:00A change in programing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Due to some upcoming projects I have underway in the near futureI have had to make a change to my blogging. I have started a new blog <a href="http://www.glennkmoorephotography.com/">Through the Viewfinder </a>to follow my photography adventures on the trail and elsewhere <i>except</i> at work. All work discussions will remain here on the Snapshots blog.<br />
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Everything at Through the Viewfinder is my own personal content with no connection to the Tracy Press. Please feel free to follow along with my hiking, aviation and other photography adventures at the new blog site.Glenn Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786860458896830646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674211512166202839.post-75909086888016213292013-02-26T19:55:00.003-08:002013-02-26T19:55:59.754-08:00Something fishy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Of all the things you would expect to find at the Tracy Animal Shelter a 3-foot long leopard shark isn't one of them. The fish was found lying in the middle of Chrisman Road early Tuesday morning.<br />
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You can read the whole story <a href="http://www.tracypress.com/view/full_story/21821343/article-Shark-found-on-Tracy-road?instance=home_news_bullets">here</a> and by the time I arrived at the shelter the shark was lying quietly in the freezer to sleep with the rest of the fishes. Never a dull day in Tracy for sure.<br />
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I remember the old days of photography, a fresh roll of Tri-X ,my Nikon FM and a nice sunny day made for some photography adventures. Digital photography and the high capacity memory cards and live view photography has taken away some of the magic. Blast away as many frames as you can and look almost instantly to see what your picture looks like. That anticipation of waiting to see your negatives fresh out of the film developing tank is gone. Almost gone.<br />
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Enter the iPhone app 36. This is a pretty cool idea. It simulates a single roll of film. You have 36 frames in black and white to take. You can't see what the pictures look like until you have finished taking all 36 and even then the camera "develops" the pictures one by one. This is not a blaze away for instant gratification of your images. This is old school photography of sorts.<br />
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I headed out for this weekend's hike to Round Valley. I decided to link two trails together for about an mile trip. I would start out along the Miwok Trail to the Murphy Meadow loop and the finish with a climb along hardy Canyon. With just my iPhone I would use the 36 app to record the hike.<br />
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I have a bunch of photography apps from panorama to Hipsmatic but 36 seemed different. Not looking at the pictures until you are done with 36 images sounded the most interesting. I wouldn't be able to check lighting, composition or focus , I would have to go with my gut instinct. <br />
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And then there was the fact that I would be limiting myself to 36 exposures. Sure I could shoot more than one "roll" of film but it was the concept of like the old days, a limited number of frames available. I would have to be choosy, more deliberate and certainly more careful in my selection of subject material.<br />
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I did a pretty good job of conserving my film. I tried to stay away from the sweeping vistas of the countryside as much as I could and stick with studies of textures and lighting. Looking back the app does not do the best of jobs with shadow detail but it sort of adds a vintage look.<br />
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I finished my last exposure near the end of my hike and then let the iPhone begin the laborious process of developing my shoot. Honestly they could have made it a lot quicker but I guess they wanted to keep the idea of sending it out to processing so you couldn't look at the pictures right away.<br />
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On the plus side part of the app's coolness is a contact sheet that pops up ready to send to your photo album, Facebook or Twitter account. It looks a lot like the contact sheets from my black and white days in the darkroom.<br />
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Looking back at the hike with the 36 app it really did force me to slow down and think about my pictures more before I took them. I had to think about which composition and angle worked the best or i would have to sacrifice two or more frames on the same scene, which I had to do a couple of times.<br />
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I will use the 36 app more in the future, it is a great way to make yourself slow down and think about your photography. It would be nice if they could make a version of 36 to simulate a roll of Kodachrome slide film. That would be a fun time remembering those colorful day behind the lens.Glenn Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786860458896830646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674211512166202839.post-38869467558258429812013-02-19T21:32:00.002-08:002013-02-19T21:32:22.298-08:00Edge of the storm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With a cold winter storm bearing down on Tracy I headed out after work for a sunset view of the approaching storm.<br />
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Thick clouds prevented a good view of the sunset but gulls looking for a roost gave me a great view and perspective of the storm front.<br />
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Every year as the winter descends on the trails I look forward to visit one special place. I guess you could sort of call it a magical place; a quiet trail hidden away in a canyon among the trees and rocks. A place where time seems to stand still while I wander the road to take photos. It may not really be magical but I feel like I do to take a step into the mystic with a hike down the Uvas Canyon Waterfall Loop.<br />
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Nestled away near the base of the Santa Cruz mountains Uvas Canyon is a short but spectacular hike along the path of Uvas and Swanson creeks. From the moment you step out of your car in the parking lot you can hear the water tumble and cascade along the rocks nearby. The trail is fairly easy to navigate and there are several opportunities to get near the creek bed for photographs. <br />
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And that's what this hike is all about, taking photographs. Where most of my other hikes are adventures on the trail where I take photographs this day is all about the pictures. Packing my Canon Eos 40D, a 24-70mm 2.8 zoom, a 10-22mm f 4 zoom and 70-200mm f.4 zoom along with a tripod, electronic cable release, spare batteries and memory cards I hit the trail looking for the perfect waterfall.<br />
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Right off the bat I knew I would have plenty of waterfalls to choose from. I started out across from the parking lot in a little area of the creek thick with branches and dead falls from storms long ago. It is a part of the trail that few go and I was alone with the rushing waters as I set up my camera. <br />
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With the sound of the r]water roaring around me it is easy to lose track of time. I couldn't tell you if I was in this first spot for 10 minutes or half an hour. Time really does seem to stand still on the trail standing at the edge of the creek. With he sound of the water droning in my ears i am oblivious to the world around me. My world is confined to the live view picture I am composing of the waterfall before me.<br />
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Thoughts of work, family growing old and the half a dozen other daily decisions that invade my mind are replaced with simpler thoughts. Shutter speeds and f stops rule my moment along with thoughts of light and shadow. It is a slow paced deliberate photography as i judge the image on the screen for content. Is the water too blurred, are the highlights to bright, is this what I want to say about this moment in time?<br />
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I don't think I take as much time crafting an image as i do at the waterfalls. Over the three miles I hiked I spent five hours taking just over 300 pictures. I weighed and<br />
debated the merits of some scenes and compositions with myself to a point that I rarely do even on assignment for work.<br />
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The sights along the trail can be eerily spectacular too. Water drops into a pool hidden in the shadows of a steep rock ledge. A black rock wall glistens as water pours across its jagged edges. it seems mystical if not medieval in places. There is always the sound of water crashing the rocks and running the course of creek. Soon it becomes almost a white noise even blocking out the sound of my breathing. <br />
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I could have stayed there the entire day exploring the different falls, watching the water course and pour between branches and stone but I had to leave. Looking at my photos it seems another time in a place where things move slow enough to see the ebb and flow of the water across the landscape.<br />
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I'll have to wait a another year to return to this place and as the rains arrive next year I will know it marks the time to return to this special trail, my own step into the mystic.<br />
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Glenn Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786860458896830646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674211512166202839.post-79473426137337334822013-02-02T22:38:00.000-08:002013-02-02T22:38:08.329-08:00The view at 49
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I turned 49 today. <o:p></o:p></div>
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No parties, no balloons, no birthday cake with candles. It was pretty much just another day like the
holidays. I’m getting dangerously close
to that age where a man is supposed to realize there are fewer years ahead than
lie behind. As much as I tried to play the day down I thought I needed to make
it special for me, so since I had the day off I decided to go for a hike, a
long hike.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Whenever I feel I need a special hike I turn to Mount Diablo
State Park. The myriad of trails at Diablo offers something for hikers of all
skill levels. I decided my special hike
on my birthday would be a trek to the summit. I have made the solo hike to the
top a number of times but never in winter.
I usually reserve that hike for late spring or summer.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The route I would take would take me from the Mitchell
Canyon Staging Area down Mitchell Canyon Road to Deer Flat. There I would pick up Deer Flat Road to the
Juniper Campground. The hike would
finish with a climb through Juniper Trail to the summit’s lower parking lot
where a short stretch of the Trail Through Time would take me to the main
summit building at 3,849 feet.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My first two winter hikes this season were muddy adventures
and I braced for the worse but I was pleasantly surprised with mostly dry
trails all the way up. Gone were the
snow and ice at the higher altitudes that dusted the Diablo peaks in early
January. A layer of clouds hung over the mountain as I headed out just after
7:30 a.m.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I was stoked for this hike more than any other in recent
memory. I was up at 4 a.m., in my car
heading down Grant Line Road at 5:45 and sitting in front of the locked gate to
the Mitchell Canyon parking lot at 10 minutes to 6 a.m. I wanted on the trail bad and I had time to
strap on my hiking boots as I waited for the gate to open.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I set a quick pace, at least for my 49-year old legs could churn. I made it to the Deer Flat picnic area a
little over 3-½ miles from the Mitchell Canyon Road gate and sitting at 2,100
feet in about one hour and twenty-three minutes. That’s pretty much my time give or take a
minute or two. Being 49 wasn’t slowing
me down too much yet. I had slogged
through the switchbacks and survived and now I set my sights on the steep climb
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The mountain was quiet as I trudged ahead. I couldn’t hear any birds, the wind was still
and except for the occasional jogger sprinting by I had the trail to
myself. I cruised to the end of Deer
Flat Road and arrived at the campground where the entrance to Juniper Trail is
located. This is always the worst part
of the hike for me. After two hours or
so of hiking I am gassed and the last couple of hundred feet seems to be the
biggest struggle. I could feel each of
the 49 years slowing me down.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Try and push as hard as I could as I stepped onto the summit
parking lot and walked to the visitor center my GPS logged the climb at three
hours and six minutes. I have only
broken the three-hour mark once in the dozen of summit climbs I have made. So things seemed pretty much the same on the
trail from 48 to 49 years old.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The view looking out from the summit had a thin cloud deck
hovering over the nearby peaks and valleys.
Some might have found the view disappointing but the tapestry the clouds
wove through the hillsides was stunning and worth the huffing and puffing up
the trail. I spent about a half an hour at the summit to catch my breath before
I headed down the mountain retracing my steps.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Arriving at my car I had spent five hours and eighteen minutes
making the nearly 14-mile hike up and down the mountain that had me climb
nearly 3,900 feet during the hike. Tired,
my feet sore and blistered I sipped a Gatorade as I looked back at my 49
birthday.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It may not have been filled with party revelers, music and
dance but my quiet time on the mountain was all I really needed as I turned the
pages on another year of my life. Soon
this year will pass and another chapter will begin. I may not have the opportunity to mark the occasion
with a hike but I can always remember it’s the quiet times and seeing those special
moments on the trail makes any day of the year something special to celebrate.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Glenn Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786860458896830646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674211512166202839.post-3340301022854775952013-01-31T20:00:00.000-08:002013-01-31T20:00:05.384-08:00Back to the wild<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A red tail hawk made a grand exit today leaving Kenner Park during its release back into the wild following a few months of rehab at the Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley.<br />
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The bird was found on I-205 in November by the side of the road after it had been struck by a passing vehicle. A motorist stopped and rescued the bird driving it to the wildlife center in San Jose.<br />
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The bird suffered a broken wing and after a successful recuperation was ready to fly once again The bird had to be released within 3 miles of where it was found so they decided to release the hawk from kenner park next to Jacobson School. A large crowd of students watch the hawk fly to a nearby pine tree to survey the situation before flying off to the west.<br />
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I made this hike in early summer and the multitude of trees
and rolling hills made for a pleasant hike in the summer heat. Saturday’s hike was a chillier adventure
marked by muddy trails and a damp mist cloaking the path through the trees.<o:p></o:p></div>
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With a winter hike you have to plan for foul weather and bad
trails. I got both on Saturday. Jumping
off from the Old Finley Road trailhead I had planned on a 9-mile hike that
would loop from Sulfur Springs Trail. In summer a canopy of trees is relief
from the summer heat but it caused some problems for my winter season hike.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A thick fog had settled across the area and covered the
trail as I started out. The fog that had
settled low in the trees had saturated the area so much it dripped continuously
down on me as I head out. It was almost like being in a light rain. The mist
quickly soaked the light sweatshirt I wore.
I hadn’t packed a rain jacket because the forecast was for no clouds
just morning fog. Lesson learned. I made my way down the trail growing wetter
in the morning mist.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Footing on the trail this hike was also turning treacherous.
The recent rains had left section of the Old Finley Road trails a quagmire. The
trail has a good amount of clay and mud quickly built up in layers on my hiking
boots. Every step felt my feet growing
heavier as a layer of mud grew thicker around my boots. I had to stop frequently to try and clean
them off which made for a slow pace on the trail.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But for all the troubles it is the weather that makes a
winter hike special. That same fog that
dampens my day produces quite muted colors. Trees stand starkly in eerie poses.
Water drops cling to tree branches and leaves. The light is subdued, I almost
felt like I was hiking at twilight instead of nearly mid-morning. <o:p></o:p></div>
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When the fog finally lifted the view as it raced along the
hillside through the canyons and valleys was breathtaking. Patches of sunlight
illuminated the hillsides casting a spotlight against the darkness. The
afternoon sunlight rays slant through the trees casting deeps shadows along the
trail on my way back to the trailhead.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’ll have a few more weeks of winter hikes yet to come. Next
weekend weather permitting I will make a Mount Diablo summit hike to celebrate
the day. Still to come are a hike to the Uvas Canyon waterfalls and a hike to
Donner Falls at Mount Diablo.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It maybe the muddy months on the trail but the cold and mess
are worth it for views of the winter colors. It’s a great time to get out there
and hit the trail to see what sights await.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I spotted this warm looking view on an otherwise chilly Friday evening.<br />
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The
first hike of the year is always special; it sets the tone on the trail for the
rest of the year. I had hoped for an easy jaunt on the southwest slopes of
Mount Diablo State Park. But I got a little more than I bargained for with a cold, soggy
adventure to start my new year of hiking.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are several hikes in the park that start from Macedo Ranch and I chose
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The
hiking trail winds through foothills and pastures eventually joining with an old
stage coach road. I made this 7-mile hike in late August of 2012 and with a
warm summer breeze the golden hills and dusty trails made for a pleasant hike.
Saturday's hike would be far different as I would <o:p></o:p></div>
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tackle
the trail in mid winter.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Weather
forecast called for chilly morning temperatures and standing at the trailhead I
made a quick check of the weather with my iPhone. Danville was listed at 30 degrees as I
started out on the trail just after 8 a.m.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
hike would take off from Macedo Ranch and head out along Wall Point Trail. I would pick up the Briones-Mt. Diablo
Regional Trail which would take me into the neighboring
Diablo
Foothills Regional Park. Continuing along I would make a decent on Buckeye
Ravine Trail to Stage Road which leads to Dusty Road and Wall Point Trail again
for my return to the staging area.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Heading
out along the Briones-Mt. Diablo Regional Trail I tried to make the best of the
chilly morning weather. I tried to stay warm with a brisk pace but the ruts in
the trail from the rain and countless hoof prints from grazing cattle made for
slow going. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Nearing
Diablo Foothills Regional Park I made a short detour to the sandstone China
Wall rock formations jutting out of the hillside for a few pictures as the sun
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Back
on the trail I came cross my first indication of how cold the trail really was.
I came across a section of trail still in the shade of a nearby hill to find a line
of frozen footprints in the mud. The path of a hiker or jogger had iced over
leaving a series of silvery footprints shining against the mud.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Reaching
Buckeye Ravine I began a slippery descent down along the narrow trail. Pockets
of ice clung to the path making the slick mud even trickier to navigate.
Reaching Stage Road I thought I had left most of the difficult trail work
behind but I was about to receive a soggy surprise.<o:p></o:p></div>
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One
of the reasons I had picked this hike was regional hiking book described that
the seasonal Pine Creek that parallels the trail crosses it several times in
the rainy season. It might make for good photos I thought. Starting the back
end of the loop along Stage Road I could hear the creek as it rolled along next
to the trail.<o:p></o:p></div>
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cross the creek making use of rocks and shallow spots as it flowed downstream.<o:p></o:p></div>
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One
section of trail was flooded for about 20 yards. A nearby bed of reeds looked
to be dry and I decided to try and cross the creek there. Unfortunately the
reeds were floating on top of the creek runoff and as I stepped in I could feel
the water pouring into the top of my hiking boots.<o:p></o:p></div>
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With
waterlogged boots I headed along Stage Road to find the creek had flowed into
the trail even further. Stage Road it looked like I was hiking through a stream
bed as I sloshed along the trail, my feet growing cold in the wet socks.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Eventually
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creek. At the Wall Point Trail marker I began the last leg to the staging area
on feet that were getting numb from the nearly three-miles of wet hiking.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The
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There were plenty of photo opportunities and a lot of funny moments as I
splashed along the trail.<o:p></o:p></div>
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It
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<!--EndFragment-->Glenn Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786860458896830646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674211512166202839.post-57149129564007728832013-01-10T21:11:00.000-08:002013-01-10T21:11:25.682-08:00Edge of the storm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I captured this cool looking cloud with my iPhone camera as it menaced the sky near Kimball High Thursday evening.Glenn Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786860458896830646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674211512166202839.post-82800760155210749062012-12-31T21:37:00.001-08:002012-12-31T21:40:32.066-08:00The Year in Review: The more things change<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There is a proverb that says "The more things change the more they stay the same." I'm not sure if that is true but I have seen so much change this year it seems hard sometimes to keep up.<br />
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Change was the theme of most of my year it seems. The Tracy Press went through a sale landing with new owners, a new printing location and a new direction. My role at the paper changed as I became more of a writer including writing a few cover stories.<br />
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The town changed with new council members, new business prospects on the horizon and a changing landscape as a long time building in downtown was razed. There were tearful goodbyes and warm welcomes as some lives were changed forever.<br />
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I find myself at an odd place this New Year's Eve. In the past I could look to the New Year for a fresh start and clean slate for work. But with all the changes I feel a sense of upheaval and uncertainty. The changes are far from over and I don't know where they will carry me. It's a time of uncertainty as I look to a future shrouded in the changes yet to come.<br />
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Personally the changes have been hard, and I feel some changes will be almost too painful to bare. I find myself alone in most things these days but that's ok. I read somewhere those who fly solo have the strongest wings and I will need to be so very strong for the changes to come.<br />
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So with some doubt and trepidation I await the changes ahead. 2013 looms a few hours away for me and I am anxious to what it will bring. Good or bad changes come to everything and everyone. Nothing lasts forever and the more they change the more things stay the same.Glenn Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786860458896830646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6674211512166202839.post-92156872091552324152012-12-31T11:04:00.001-08:002012-12-31T11:04:16.050-08:00The Year in Review: Photo of the year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My photo of the year isn't a sports photo of a collision at home plate, it's not a crime scene from some late night shooting nor is it the twisted remains of car mangled in some horrific wreck. It is something much more personal and quiet than the confusion and chaos I cover on assignment for the Tracy Press. My choice for Photo of the Year was taken on a chilly December morning as I watched the beauty of a simple sunrise at the Isenberg Crane Reserve.<br />
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I had wanted this sunrise for a while and I was almost denied this year. Weather and the various hurdles of everyday life conspired to keep this sight from me but I wasn't going to be denied. And with the cackling of cranes I was serenaded to one of the best sunrises I can remember. I don't think I have ever watched the sunrise from the darkness of starlight to hovering above the horizon. With the clouds changing color and the wetlands awakening around me it was just one of the moments to savor and remember. Enduring the cold was well worth the price of such a sight. I know it sounds dumb but it was a just a little bit magical. or maybe it seemed that way because I finally took time to watch one of the simple wonders I take for granted.<br />
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Maybe that's why this is my photo of the year. It is a pretty collection of photos but it's more than that. It is a time to reflect on the simple beauty that surrounds us everyday and we often ignore. My photo of the year, a sunrise, my sunrise at the Isenberg Crane Reserve, December 2012Glenn Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16786860458896830646noreply@blogger.com