Walkabout Northern California: Hiking Inn to Inn

 

Book: Walkabout Northern California: Hiking Inn to Inn
Basic Information :  Expectations : Thoughts : Evaluation : Table of Contents : References

Basic Information:
Author: Tom Courtney
Edition: ePub on Libby from the Mountain View Public Library
Publisher:  Wilderness Press
ISBN: 9780899976587 (ISBN10: 0899976581)
Start Date: September 21, 2022
Read Date: Did not finish
224 pages
Genre:  Travel
Language Warning:  None
Rated Overall: 3  out of 5

Expectations:

• Recommendation: Sherri
• When: May 27, 2019
• Date Became Aware of Book: May 27, 2019
• How come do I want to read this book: Sherri saw the book at REI and thought it sounded interesting
• What do I think I will get out of it? Sounds like something which we might try doing

Thoughts:
I am glad I looked at this book. It gave me some ideas of how to do my own multi-day walk without worrying how to backpack it. Some things I would need to consider would be:
    • Make sure my lodging is a days distance from a previous night’s stay
    • Make sure the route I select is walker friendly
    • What will the food arrangements be
    • Consider the transportation to and from the start and end points
    • Lastly, consider what the points of interest will be.

Evaluation:

I did not “finish” this book. It is not the type of book which you read cover to cover, rather one which you use as a reference book. I did get what I wanted from the book: an idea of how to organize a multi-day walking trip. For that, this book is a good way to begin planning that kind of journey. 

Tom Courtney has 13 walks laid out throughout Northern California. These are multi-day hikes where you will find yourself at lodging at the end of each day. Each walk has:

•  introduction,
• detailed itinerary-broken day by each day of the trip
• overview of the route with alternatives
• transportation options-not all of the walks are loops
• maps needed
• places to stay.

The problem with following this book, and many other guide books, is that I am not Tom Courtney, At one time, I would think a bit about putting in a 15 mile day and just plan to do it. I no longer would plan in that way. On the other hand, with the insights Courtney gives, I should be able to plan my own trips.

By the way, I do not consider a 3 rating as bad, rather this is not a book which caused my thoughts to expand.

 

 

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Introduction
• 1. The Marin Coast: Marin Headlands to Point Reyes
• 2. Crossing the Sierra on the Emigrant Trail
• 3. The Mendocino Coast
• 4. Sierra Nevada Foothills Along the American River: Auburn to Sacramento
• 5. Exploring Point Reyes National Seashore
• 6. Exploring Lassen Volcanic National Park
• 7. Walkabout the Monterey Bay
• 8. San Francisco to Half Moon Bay
• 9. Hiking the Tahoe Basin: Donner Pass to Lake Tahoe
• 10. Walkabout Carquinez Strait
• 11. The Lost Coast
• 12. Circumtambulation: A Pilgrimage Around Mount Tamalpais
• Bibliography
• Index
• About the Author

References:

• Author's Web Site And Facebook page

  Amazon-Book

• Amazon-Author

• Barnes and Noble

• Bay Nature magazine review