Jackson Meadows Reservoir was once again a great trip. Met up with my buddy Gary Goldsmith who taught me how to do night sky photography. The Perseid Meteor shower was going on and I got up at 3am to try and shoot it. Quite hard to do since the shooting Read More
I had a great time with a few good friends to celebrate making it this far, age 69. BBQ baby backs turned out great, Kates version and mine were tied. Katie did an awesome job with all the cooking and planning. She always does. She’s my hero. Here are some Read More
I recently received the Garmin Echo 200 fishfinder from my lovely wife Kate, for my birthday. I was a little apprehensive about drilling holes into my Wilderness Systems Tarpon 120 kayak so I did
Our second trip to Loon Lake this year, back in my old campsite #17. Parked right next to us were our friends Gary and Cheryl Goldsmith, in #15, along with their pup, Benatar. Weather was delightful this time with lows at nite around 48 and days mid to high 70s. Read More
Our first campout this year at Loon Lake, and due to the drought we found it to be at the 50% level. Highly unusual since this lake, on opening day is usually full to the tree line. Apparently the powers that be decided to dump half of it into Union Read More
On Fathers Day, Kate, Ben and I started our project of hiking the Tahoe Rim Trail, which is 165 miles. Doing it piece by piece in day hikes only. We started on the trail where it intersected Ward Creek Blvd just south of Tahoe City a mile or two, in Read More
June 7 -10th. Jackson Meadows second trip this year. This time I was in site #30. An awesome view, nicely private (thats why it’s called the honeymoon site), plenty of shade where you want it and sun where you need it for the solar panels. But … a pretty steep hike down Read More
Wouldn’t ya know we have another terrible drought year with nil rain all winter, but when it does rain, its on the Memorial Day weekend. My first campout this year. Oh well, I love weather anyway. I find it fascinating. Plus it really only rained a lot on the first Read More
In March, Kate and I took off for a couple days stay at the Beachcomber Motel in Ft. Bragg. The winter of 2015 has been the driest ever, but the forecast for “our” few days was rain, so we left our bikes and the dogs at home. Other than driving Read More