I am not exactly anti-car these days. I was REALLY REALLY anti-car for years.  Then, in 2005 I got a dog. In 2006 I got another.  With one dog, it was reasonable to keep her exercised by walking around town and to get her to the vet by foot.  With two, it was not so doable.  Also […]

Some friends and I went out to the Santa Cruz Mountains for a 13 mile hike on Sunday. The hike is well known in two forms as a 2-3 day hike called Skyline-to-the-Sea or a one day BBHQ-to-the-sea. The latter version involves dropping a car at the Ocean and hiking down to the […]

I’ve decided not to totally redo my extensive collection of photography and descriptions of my trip to Washington state from a few years ago. Maybe when I have more experience with this whole blog deal, I will. But for now, I just wanted to get a note in here so that people can find […]