For the end of the traditional summertime period, Wife, the Twig Yak, and I went over to Jenner for the three-day weekend. It was very sedate, as usual. The weather in Sacramento may have been high nineties, but at the coast it was too chilly to sit outside without being a little bundled up. Even [...]
This weekend will be 107 here in Sacramento, and in addition to being a sure sign of the apocalypse, that is just too damn hot for real life, so I am off to Jenner where the temperatures promise to be more realistic. This not only makes me more comfortable, but also makes me better than [...]
The trip to Chicago was a mixed success. Actually, it was better than just mixed, though there were a couple of things that frustrated me on the trip. Wife and I left out from Sacramento around noon on a Thursday. Driving at a good pace, we made Salt Lake City that evening. We were up [...]
Tomorrow I leave for a ling road trip with wife to Chicago to attend a wedding and see friends. I wanted to drive because I hate to fly , and because it reminds me of my youth. We drove across the country many times in those days. I spent a year in Canada near Toronto, [...]
For the long weekend I went away to Jenner once again. Actually I have gone for each of the past two weekends. Last week was cold and overcast, but this week saw perfect weather. I didn’t let that stop me though, and saw through on my endless plan to stay inside and do nothing. The [...]