EXPLORING THE MAGICAL AND THE MUNDANE


  • Home…

    We broke camp and were paddling back to the boat launch by 9:00am. It was beautiful and perfectly calm, altho we could tell that some weather was moving in. Somehow–we still can’t figure out how–we took a wrong turn and it took us nearly 3 hours as opposed to one hour return trip. We were…


  • Ready….set…..head to the coffee kiosk and then the open road!


  • Today is the Day!

    The car is packed and waiting for our adventure. Good thing we’re NOT backpacking. We’d need a couple of pack mules to carry our creature comforts. I just checked the weather forecast. Today there is a 30% chance of thundershowers. Not big. However, it’s supposed to go down to 32 tonight. I’m so glad that…


  • We spent the evening packing and labeling our meals into ziplocks-within-a-ziplock kits. That way, when we pick a meal, it’s all there. It’s the usual camping fare. Here’s an example of one dinner: top ramon noodles with dehydrated ground buffalo (thanks to our food dehydrator), dehydrated spinach (again, the food dehydrator), a medley of freeze…


  • One week…

    A week from today, we’ll be heading over to Ahjumawi Lakes. Checked the weather. It’s beautiful this week. Next week it looks like there are some slight chances of rain. That’s okay. We’ve got rain gear and the daytime temperatures will still be in the 70s. Al bought a tent heater, so we can be…