News

Announcing the Orange County (California) History Hikes program!

October 19, 2011

To help expose, educate and connect people to Orange County’s fascinating history, the Orange County Historical Society is launching a new program — Orange County History Hikes.

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Celebrating 5 years of the Irvine Ranch as a National Natural Landmark with a private tour to Limestone Canyon and the Sinks

October 10, 2011

The 9.9 mile loop we took on this bloggers’ tour would make an excellent trail to hike or bike to see the key highlights of Limestone Canyon Wilderness Area.

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The new Leafsnap app is a cool concept, but does it encourage a violation of Leave No Trace?

June 1, 2011

Does the new outdoorsy mobile iOS app Leafsnap violate the Leave No Trace principles by asking citizen scientists to pick leaves off trees and plants in order to use the app to identify leaf species?

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CA Politics and Park Closures–Does it really have to be this way?

May 18, 2011

70 of California’s State Parks have been threatened with closure due to the state budget crisis, but have all the alternatives really been considered?

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Why We Hike: Our response to the blogosphere #whywehike challenge

April 16, 2011

Jeff and I respond to Two-Heel Drive’s challenge to the hiking blogosphere to explain why we hike. While we both claim exploration, education an exercise and major reasons, we each identified very different reasons as well.

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Pardon our trail maintenance…

January 17, 2011

It’s been a long long time since we’ve posted a Greene Adventure! We have decided to remove the bulk of our family-related posts — since most of our family is on Facebook and prefers to follow our family news there — and instead re-launch this blog with a more intensive outdoors focus.

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