This was a delightful trip back to Jackson Meadows Reservoir located around the 7,000 foot level in the Sierra Nevada Mtns, Tahoe National Forest. Weather was cool at night and warm enough during the days for great swimming. Kate and I took the tandem inflateable kayak (SeaEagle) and paddled around Read More
My first visit to Jackson Meadows this year. One of my favorite lakes for camping. Fishing is normally awesome but wouldn’t ya know, this year I actually have a fishing license and it pretty much sucked. Not even a nibble. We were (are) having a heat spell so the water Read More
In June, after the French Meadow campout, Kate and I did Sugar Pine Lake, Giant Gap campground for a weekend of camping. This is only about 1.25 hour from our house and at the 4,000 foot level. The lake was full with great swimming but crappy fishing. Just got a Read More
I haven’t been fishing in probably 25 years but this year I decided to get my license and give it a try. I prefer camping by Sierra lakes and I’ve seen how good the fishing is up there. So my first mountain excursion this summer was to French Meadows Reservoir Read More
In May I made a week long trip up the coast of northern California with my good friend Scott Oglesby. We started at Bodega Bay and ended at MacKerricher State Beach just north of Fort Bragg. Note these photos are in a gallery on picasaweb and if you click the Read More
Kate, the dogs (Ben and Biggs) and I took a nice 1.75hr drive up to Sierra Buttes in Lakes Basin area. We wanted to check out the campsites for future RVing up that way. It was perfect timing as the snow had greatly receded. In fact, it was equivalent to Read More
My old 1986 Winnebago had a bit of a mishap back in November of last year. It was my last campout of the 2012 season. As I was leaving Colfax for the ocean, I stopped at the post office to get my mail, parking along the curb. What I didnt Read More
Kate and I happened across a fantastic deal for staying at the retreat center, Asilomar, near Monterey at Pacific Grove. We stayed there three nites last week 2/21/13 and found it to be delightful. There are something like 200 acres including beachfront with many buildings designed by the famous architect Read More
Kate texting in the main registration building.
We had just arrived at Asilomar on the Monterey coast on Thursday and were blown away by beauty and architecture of the complex. Buildings all designed by julia morgan. We hopped on our bikes right from our room and followed the boardwalk to the beach.