Trail Talk
THE LEGEND OF THE WATER BAR – by Clayton Gillette
Trail Talk – Dec 2024/Jan 2025
ONCE UPON A TIME, in a land not so far away, snow fell from the December sky. As it piled higher and higher, the woodland critters became anxious that their […]
GRATITUDE ON THE TRAILS – by Clayton Gillette
Trail Talk – November 2024
ONE CONSIDERS THE THANKSGIVING SEASON most often from the perspective of gustatory delights, time with kinfolk, and brilliant change of the seasons. Here in the Siskiyou region, we can be thankful […]
INTO WILD PLACES – by Clayton Gillette
Trail Talk – October 2024
“There are some good things to be said about walking. Not many, but some.” ~E. Abbey
AFTER RECENTLY FINISHING Kevin Fedarko’s, A Walk in the Park, we were reminded of the mindfulness […]
WELLNESS FROM A WALK IN THE WOODS – by Clayton Gillette
Trail Talk – September 2024
NATURE BATHING. Mindfulness. Sense of Place. We venture into the out-of-doors to challenge our comfort zones, to enlarge our horizons, and to simply have new experiences. Though there are a wide […]
COURTESY ON THE TRAIL – by Clayton Gillette
Trail Talk – August 2024
OKAY, A QUICK QUIZ to start off this monthly installment: When driving on a mountain road, such as the approach to the Upper Britt parking area, or on either Reservoir or […]
TIME FOR A GOOD RAMBLE… – by Clayton Gillette
Trail Talk – July 2024
THAT WE’D NOT ONLY BUILT THAT TRAIL, that we’d walked and run it innumerable times recreationally, and in our role as a parks volunteer, had completed routine annual maintenance there, would […]
COMMON COURTESY – by Clayton Gillette
Trail Talk – June 2024
PERHAPS IT’S NOT SO COMMON, or at times it appears to be absent altogether. And yet, we’d expect adults to be mindful of others. So how is it that in the […]
NATIONAL TRAILS DAY CELEBRATION JUNE 1 FOR NEW TRAILS IN THE STERLING MINE DITCH TRAIL SYSTEM!
Jacksonville Review – May 2024
SISKIYOU UPLAND TRAILS ASSOCIATION (SUTA) is planning a National Trails Day Event to officially open 5 miles of new trails constructed within the Sterling Mine Ditch Trail System (SMDT). We’re celebrating […]
MAKING TRACKS – by Clayton Gillette
Trail Talk – May 2024
WARM SUNNY DAYS followed by cool cloudy ones. Dusty trails one day and sloppy mud the next. Springtime is fully embracing our local woodlands. Just a blink of an eye from […]
PRACTICAL FUEL REDUCTION WORK – by Clayton Gillette
Trail Talk – April 2024
“THE ONE WHO PLANTS TREES, knowing he will never sit in their shade, has begun to understand the meaning of life.” (author unknown) We take this to heart because of recent […]