October is probably the best month for camping and fishing. Empty campgrounds, hungry fish, nice cool weather, fall leaves and low lakes providing lots of shoreline exploring. East Meadows campground was in its final week with only one other camper sharing the whole place. The camphost had long gone, dogs Read More
Today I got the sixth sell signal of my long term indicators. This marks six out of six indicators all pointing down, a rare occasion. These include long term as well as short term indicators. Both the Nasdaq and S&P have broken thru support, including a major up trendline on the Read More
Last night we found that our TV remote stopped working. Also the Dish remote for the TV also didn’t work, meaning, it was in the TV not the actual TV remote. However, I did replace the battery and
A year ago, I bought a Toshiba P50-A laptop and have had nothing but problems. i7 processor, 12G RAM, Blue-Ray DVD player, 15″, 1TB HD. After loading up my programs and data, I found that the lit keyboard wasn’t lighting. Tech support had me do a complete restore, wiping all Read More
Back in December 2003 I was with Bob Scarlet’s Spirit Drum Circle. I had been playing congas in the group since 1997. We had this one gig in Sacramento along with several other drum groups performing. We were lucky enough to have it taped and I have uploaded to youtube Read More
The King Fire that was near my last camp out at Loon Lake is now 43% contained and has covered over 95,000 acres. 8,000 firefighters were utilized, the largest number on a wildfire. Colfax and Auburn and Grass Valley was experiencing much smoke and ash in the air up Read More
This was going to be my last trip to Loon Lake this year and I was so looking forward to kayaking, fishing and beach combing while the lake was down. I love the boulders and granite formations that become exposed once the water recedes. Meanwhile the King Fire had started Read More
Jackson Meadows, site #34 with just me and the dogs 9/2-9/5. However, this time I was able to bring my kayak, on my new trailer. It worked out great! Tried trolling with a flasher (dodger) by SEP’s. With a worm on the end, it was awesome. Silky smooth lake in Read More
This third visit to Jackson Meadows we took the grandkids, Olallie and Atticus. They only stayed over one night but we got in swimming, fishing, hanging (in hammock), dominoes, campfire and an all around great time. I missed them all when kate took them home on Tuesday. I stayed for Read More
Well we managed to claw and scrape our way, once again, to the top of Fall Creek Mountain. Our annual birthday hike. Just to remind ourselves that we our still young enough to do it. This year we had some new people. Patrick Rodysill, and his pup Tess practically ran Read More