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Heading toward Berkeley

Snow on Mt Diablo

Beautiful hike this morning

Onvacation says

Snow on Mt Diablo

Beautiful hike this morning

Concrete....NOOOOOOO! If I'm hiking it needs to be dirt, gravel, grass, etc. No wonder CA is broke. That should have been gravel at most if improved with a designated path. Just what's in that stretch is easily $5k and I'm sure it's more than 1/4 mile. That's probably a $300-500k trail. If longer substantially more.

Not a diss, but if I'm hiking I'm hiking. This is hiking in snow just this past January. That's not even that much snow either for that time of the year. 1-2' short.


Lava Lake just north of Big Sky, MT. End of the hike during the summer. I wouldn't advise it in the winter....

WookieMan says

onder CA is broke. That should have been gravel at most if improved with a designated path. Just what's in that stretch is easily $5k and I'm sure it's more than 1/4 mile. That's probably a $300-500k trail. If longer substantially more.

this is an overlook trail that circles the mountain just below the summit. This .2 mile (less than ,25) section is paved so that wheel chair bound people can take in the view. The paved section was the only place that still had snow after last weeks dump, which is highly unusual to have snow in April. The snow was actually down to street level in VALLEJO a couple of days ago.

Global warming kaput!

Onvacation says

This .2 mile (less than ,25) section is paved so that wheel chair bound people can take in the view.

Well that's not hiking... that's rolling. lol. Sarcasm.

We went to Palm Springs one year and they got 2' of snow on that tram tourist trap mountain, Mount San Jacinto. People were acting like they didn't know what to do. We brought our winter jackets and enjoyed.



From Joshua Tree to the East. Holy fucking wind. Sustained 40-50mph.



Fun trip. Wife is headed out there next week. I'm begging to tag along, but it's work for her. She doesn't want her trophy husband to tag along ;) I'd love to get out there and golf. Grab a car and let her do her thing. $12 flight.... oh well. We had kids.

Pet Memories

Heading out to San Juan Islands

Dragon on San Juan Island

just_passing_through says

RWSGFY says

Makes no sense: why would seniors of all people be "stressed" about time change?

Physical stress from less sleep or change in sleep pattern in general. Not psychological stress. When you're very old little shit matters.

But why would retired people change their sleep pattern when the clock moves an hour either way? It's not like they have to be at the office 8am sharp or something.

"Stress" causes myocardial infarction, myocarditis, pericardial infarction, as well as strokes, Alzheimers/Parkinsons, "turbo cancers," etc. Oh wait . . .

Another day another bay. Souci Island.

Beam reach

Mt Baker on starboard

Goddamn, I wish I were as good a sailor as you.

Lots of nice wooden boats up here.

Leaving Bellingham today. Will miss my brother in laws boat. Awesome cruising grounds!

stereotomy says

Goddamn, I wish I were as good a sailor as you.

same

Back to sunny California. Washed the boat, now getting it dirty.

Hope y'all as cool as I am.

Greetings from Kennebunk(port). Maine is beautiful as always!

Building a new jib!

Computer cut kit from Sailrite.com. Half the price of a new one from Asia plus the satisfaction of making it myself.

In the wind

Downwind