The Redwoods and Klamath Heading from southern Oregon to northern California was easily my favorite day of driving on the whole trip. Just beautiful everywhere. I did have to laugh that I saw my first burned out trees about three minutes after passing into California, but the forests are just absolutely gorgeous. Before hitting my campsite in Klamath I stopped off at a vista and then relaxed a bit at the campsite. Nothing too crazy but I figured I’d get…
Mt. Rainier National Park After a very nice break in Seattle visiting family, I got back on the road and started hitting up the trails again. After a short(ish) morning drive away from the SeaTac traffic nightmare, I made my way to Mt. Rainier National Park. Since I still had plans to do some driving later in the afternoon, I chose the Ranger Falls trail. The hike up past Ranger Falls up to Green Lake is a beautiful and quiet…
I couldn’t think of a better title so I used another of my favorite lines from The Hobbit. Since my last post I’ve made my way through Canada and back into the US while simultaneously making my way into The Lord of the Rings audiobooks as well, so it will most likely be several months before I’m able to retrain my brain so that not everything is a Middle Earth reference. Title ideas (or a lack thereof) aside, here are…
I finished the audiobook of “The Hobbit” recently and I can confidently reassert that it is easily one of my favorite books ever. No allegory, no topicality, none of the incredibly long deliberative sessions or historical digressions that flood the Lord of the Rings trilogy… Just a wonderfully creative story made for the sole intent of entertaining. I love this book so much that I would even go as so far as to say that it is the most influential…
I got some time off last week, and while my original plans to do a Homer trip didn’t pan out, I did do my best to not waste it. Here’s a few photos. Skyline Williwaw Lakes Cat Tax
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You there. Yes, you, the person reading this blog. Do you have a smartphone? Has your smartphone given you an immediate window into the greater world and a lifeline to those closest to you? Has your smartphone turned your waking life into a wondrous Skinner Box of unending shiny lights and flickering serotonin doses? Has your uninhibited access to the internet gifted you with the ability to Google “what if cats had opposable thumbs” at 3AM only to find that…