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
On March 25th I took Ben and my Syma X5-SC up to the Yuba River off the Bowman Lake Road just below Spaulding Reservoir. My intention was to make a full video of the whole event,
We finally were able to snow shoe on the day after Christmas. Because of the drought its been several years now, and the snow was amazing. About a six or seven-foot base. Plus the added benefit of being able to bring Jamie and Angela along. Weather was in the low Read More
For Kate’s 65th birthday this year we spent the weekend in Inverness on Tomales Bay, which is right next to Point Reyes National Seashore. We stayed at the Motel Inverness. Good thing we were out and about most of the time cause the room was quite small, but appointed really Read More
Kate and I, along with our friends Stephen and Janelle, did an amazing hike/climb to Ralston Peak, elevation 9,235 feet. It was up hill the entire way. The most strenuous hike I have ever done. Stephen and Kate led the way, with me in the back, but not far behind. Read More
I went for the final week of camping season at Jackson Meadows – East Meadow camp ground for Tuesday to Saturday and had the entire loop to myself until Friday night. It was fantastic. So quiet, all I could hear were the birds, chipmonks and wind in the trees. Oh, Read More
Wrights Lake, in the Crystal Basin, just outside of Desolation Wilderness, is beautiful this time of year. This lake is just west of Lake Tahoe. Kate and I hadn’t been here in three years. The first time I came here in 2011 with the RV, all the waters were flowing. Read More
Autumn started this week and I brought it in at Jackson Meadows Reservoir, trip number five this year. Kate joined me for two nites and a day, and also our friends Mike and Vicki and their tiny, cute pups, Wookie and Ginger. No swimming but kayaking, fishing, short hikes, Qwerkle Read More
Back to Loon Lake right after the Labor Day crowds left. I started out at site #28, only to find there is a tit mouse burrow somewhere near the RV pad, so I had mice in my raisen bran cereal box in the middle of the night. Next morning, crack Read More