July 9, 2010, 2:14 pm Shortly after 2 pm on July 9, 1953 (57 years ago), a depressed, unemployed young man tossed a match onto bone dry grass by the side of Alder Springs Road west of Willows, California. Eight hours later, fifteen firefighters were caught by a surprising wind shift and couldn’t outrun the flames in dense chaparral. Today, […]
October 17, 2009, 9:51 pm A bit of a bushwhack to get on top of this rock
As part of a clue retrieval in an annual geocaching puzzle solving activity, Karen and I joined a group of friends at Pinecrest Lake. Our first order of business was to retrieve the clue we needed up a steep hill to a rocky […]
October 16, 2009, 10:01 pm We drove over to Bolinas this morning for something different—some sightseeing, some geocaching, and mostly some hiking. Our route took us west over the Richmond/San Rafael bridge and then on Highway 1 to Muir Beach. This has got to be one of the crookedest roads around—nearly got sick.
Monarch on wild sweet peas
In Stinson […]
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Consider this:“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.” Colossians 3:16
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