Ben and I went up to Loon Lake for three days, the last week in July. A hot week (mid 90s) with lots of bees, gnats, flies and general bugs. Otherwise, it was beautiful. Swimming was great.
This was the second campout this year after Biggs passed away about three weeks ago. So, its difficult being in these mountain settings that we all hiked around, napped and swam in together.
This was our first trip to Loon lake this year and it was extremely sad. We lost our littlest member of our family, little Mr. Biggs, on 6/23/16, just the day before our trip. It was good however in that we got to process our grief through reflection on his Read More
My first 2016 campout at Jackson Meadows was put off for a couple of weeks because of snow on the road coming in. But its all clear now. This time, it was just Ben and I because Biggs had to stay home recovering from his left knee surgery about four weeks Read More
I flew the DJI Phantom 3 last week over Rollins Lake Dam. I also tried working with Adobe Premiere Pro for the first time.
Last weekend we drove down to see Angela and Jamie in LA. As expected we had a terrific time with two great hosts. First day we went to Labrea Tar Pits and the LA County Museum of Art (right next door to the pits). I wish I could have taken Read More
In early May I went on my first RV trip of 2016. My friend Gary and his pup, Benetar, caravan-ed down 395 from Carson City to Lee Vining. We took cameras, drones, and plenty of beer and snacks. We stopped first nite at Lower Twin Lakes campground
Kate and I took a brief vacation and went to our favorite place in Ft. Bragg, the Beachcomber Motel. You can see it in the video below at the end of the trestle bridge. There is a walkway going from Glass Beach
April is time for wildflowers in Nevada County so Kate, Ben, Biggs and I went for the wildflower hike up near Bridgeport. Do to the decent snowfall this year the Yuba River was running just great. Poppies and Lupine were in abundance along with many other wildflowers. Weather was 70s. Read More