An unmanaged forest

In the early 1980s I was a volunteer firefighter for a tiny community in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Northern California. We all lived in a beautiful redwood forest and our task was to keep that forest from burning down in a huge conflagration, taking us all with it. The job was made all the harder because our little part of paradise hadn't burned since the 1920s, so there was 60+ years of flammable undergrowth just waiting to light off. The current financial crisis facing the United States and the world really isn't much different from that. ... read more

Rejuvenating Vacation

We just got back from 3 days at our favorite cottage in Point Reyes, CA!  The weather was perfect, sunny and clear, slightly cool in the mornings for a run, and great temperatures for hiking and beach combing during the day.

Check out some of the photos I've posted on my flickr account taken in and around Point Reyes National Seashore.

 

The only drawback this time was our favorite restaurant ,Reyes Cafe, changed their menu about 6mo. ago.  It went from having a great selection of items that were all great, to one or two that I thought were good enough to eat.  So, I guess we'll have to try some different places to eat when we visit the area.

Running on the Beach at Drakes Bay

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