Tromp Blog

Keep your stories fun, not tragic.

Jogging around a neighborhood or city park is fine as long as your knees hold up and you don’t get bored. But when it’s time to cushion the cartilage and vary the scenery, head for the hills.

From the Sunnyvale poet, 'Dry Grass,' 'From a dead fox in a suburban backyard' and 'Signal to Noise.'

Shawn Stamback was diving with a friend off the coast of Morro Bay when he noticed thousands of sardines rushing around him. Seconds later two humpback whales exploded out of the water, missing him and his diving buddy by a few feet. "I was right in the middle of the meatball," he said later.

Thinking about hiking the Skyline-to-the-Sea Trail? Read this first.