Walkabout California Newsletters

We launched the WalkaboutCalifornia.com website in March, and it’s been met with a groundswell of excitement about hiking inn-to-inn. Thousands have visited the website from 39 countries. Now that summer is here, we are hearing from hikers who left their cars behind and explored the California wilderness at two miles an hour, ending each day at an inn or B&B for a good meal, a comfortable bed, and a glass of wine. If you’ve taken a Walkabout California this season, please share your stories with your fellow travelers on the walkabout discussion forums. Thanks to everyone who has spread the word about the joys of California inn-to-inn hiking!

Walkabout California in the News
Sunset Magazine features Walkabout California in its current July issue. Check it out on page 15 or click here.

New Walkabout Guide – Exploring Lassen Volcanic National Park
Rugged mountains, alpine lakes and streams, deep glaciated canyons, a lush hot springs valley, and spectacular hydrothermal landscapes - sound good? Take a walkabout Lassen Volcanic Park. Plan to stay a few nights at Drakesbad Guest Ranch, selected by Frommer’s as one of its worldwide “Top Destinations for 2009.” The new guide has two walkabouts through this enchanted wilderness.

Cool Websites
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Only a few researchers can step foot on the rugged Farallone Islands, but you can check out the action on the new Cal. Academy of Sciences’ webcam.
Visit these sites and other resources for inn to inn travel at the Walkabout resources discussion.

European Walkabouts
Our very first walkabout was in the Cotswolds in central England – very civilized – hiking country lanes and on the edges of farmer’s fields, fish and chips for lunch at a village pub, high tea in the late afternoon, and a cozy inn to spend the night. Visit the Walkabout California discussion on Hiking Inn to Inn in Europe and read about Michael and Gerlinde Marti’s amazing 500 trek on the Via Claudia Augusta Roman route through Italy, Austria and Germany, and the adventures of Nancy Reynolds in Northern Spain on the El Camino de San Diego. Nancy is the host of the Point Reyes hostel, featured in our next Walkabout California. Have you taken a European inn-to-inn hike? Join the forum and share your experiences with the Walkabout California community.

Happy trails.

Tom Courtney
Hiker and Author
Walkabout California