Tromp Blog

Hyperloop: It’s Not Hype

Hyperloop would take you from SF to LA in 30 minutes. For $20.

Elon Musk's insanely great mass-transit idea may just work.

Brat Patrol: Weekly Davenport Cleanups

Trash bags collected from Main Beach on July 5. Hilltromper photo.

Evidently the beach party set missed the memo from the Seventies: Pick up your trash!

In Pursuit of Perseids

One of the Fremont Peak Observatory telescopes awaits curious eyes.

It was a dark night on Fremont Peak...

2013 Monterey Bay Birding Festival

Great white egrets are just one treat in store at the Monterey Bay Birding Festival. Peter Wallack/Creative Commons

Break out your binocs—the birds are back in town.

Santa Cruz Super Enduro

Santa Cruz-based pro racer Scott Chapin cruises through a turn in the inaugural Santa Cruz Super Enduro last October.

Registration opens today for epic October event.

The Outdoor Poet: David Alpaugh

'The Earthworm Odyssey'

Drink A Beer, Save A Park

Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing is donating $1 from each pint sold on Thursday, Aug. 15 to Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks.

Hoist a pint on Aug. 15 for Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks.

West Cliff Birding Surprise

Brown pelicans and cormorants off West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz. Photo by Maria Grusauskas.

No wonder birds travel thousands of miles just to visit Monterey Bay while others stay all year. It’s a full-on party out there.

The Outdoor Poet: Robert Sward

In honor of county fair season, 'Pig Showmanship.'

Huckleberry Hounds

Not that you could tell from this bad, blurry photo, but huckleberries resemble small blueberries, like the kind that used to come in tins with blueberry muffin mix. Photo by Hilltromper.

On a sweet quest in the dog days of summer.

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