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, […]
June 30, 2010, 8:27 pm Camp at Shady Acres
Over this last weekend I participated in a 3-day bike tour from Lake Berryessa to Clear Lake and back. It was my unfortunate luck that the ride coincided with some of the hottest days of the year so far, but most of the rest of the aspects of the ride […]
May 22, 2010, 5:22 pm Garmin leads the peloton on Mines Road
The Tour of California bike race came through Livermore today, with a sprint points location downtown. Rather than watch (and photograph) from there, I decided to head up Mines Road to a King of the Mountain location. I found a nice location not quite all of the way […]
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Consider this:“Keep on loving each other as brothers.” Hebrews 13:1
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