This was Charlie’s first camping experience with Ben and me. He had a wonderful time. He had a blast picking up anything and everything in his mouth. Tons of new things to sniff and hold.
This year on Sept 11th we did our annual Fall Creek Mountain climb. Stephen Bannister, Kate and I started this tradition in 2010 and have had various friends join us over the years. Actually, I went up to the peak for the first time on June 4, 1999 with my Read More
Ben and I made our third trip to Loon Lake, last week. Had a great time swimming, kayaking, hiking and droning. The fishing was
Ben and I had a great time up at Jackson Meadows, again this year. Lake was down about ten feet but not as bad as a year ago this time. Pass Creek was as low as I’ve ever seen it.
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
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