The California State Parks Foundation says that October is a great time to volunteer!
From their newsletter:
Make a difference and help improve your favorite state parks by volunteering with Park Champions this October. Join one of our volunteer teams to improve trails at Mount San Jacinto, repair the boardwalk at MacKerricher, plant a new garden at Henry Cowell Redwoods, improve the lifeguard headquarters at San Buenaventura, build a split rail fence at Palomar Mountain, or restore habitat at Jack London, Candlestick Point, Baldwin Hills, or Silver Strand.
Visit our website to see a map of upcoming projects at parks near you and our Flickr page for examples of Park Champions in action! Mount San Jacinto and MacKerricher are offering their last camping weekends until spring. Sign up today!
You can visit the California State Parks Foundation website HERE.
You can find out more about the Park Champions program and sign up for an upcoming volunteer event HERE.
Today – October 1st, 2013 – Google is celebrating Yosemite National Park’s 123rd birthday with a Doodle.
There’s a place in Yosemite that I’ve only ever been to once in all my trips to Yosemite: the Yosemite Cemetery. For whatever reason, I didn’t expect to find a cemetery here. Yet, at the west end of Yosemite Village, past the museum and across the street, there is a quiet place where many of Yosemite’s earliest residents found their final rest – including many who added to the rich history of the valley.
Amazon is officially launching Kindle MatchBook in October. The announcement on their website can be seen 
Goodreads’ has drawn a line (a read line?) in the sand regarding reviewer policies. The new policy includes deleting “content focused on author behavior” rather than on actually reviewing the book.