New Melones Dam

The Melones Dam Overlook & DamNation Documentary: For a Rainy Sunday

Dec 3, ’14 · by · in At home, On Adventures

This Sunday I went for a walk down by the New Melones Dam, an area with a lot of Bureau of Reclamation signage. Curtis joked about trespassing, but this geocache owner says that a Bureau of Reclamation ranger said it was okay to walk in this area. I’m not saying it is for everyone, but if you are looking at visiting the New Melones/Peoria area trails I would recommend checking out the…

Our National Forests: Where Balloons Go To Die

Final NaBloPoMo Thoughts on Litter

Nov 30, ’14 · by · in On Adventures

While Curtis and I were backpacking in Molybdenite Canyon this year we came across a heart balloon in the willows. Curtis made an off handed comment about the surprising number of balloons you find in the forest: Our National Forest, it’s where ballons go to die. Curtis works for the Forest Service, so he has some level of expertise in this assertion. And it makes sense, if you bundle in…

Do Wrong to None

Love All (of Nature) – Interpreting Shakespeare for the Out of Doors

Nov 15, ’14 · by · in At home

I am in the middle of binge watching Criminal Minds on Netflix right now. On the show they do these bookend quotes – at the beginning and/or end of each episode – that tie a famous quote into the situation at hand. My unfulfilled ambition is to make a tumblr of my cat, Herman, looking like a doofus as these wise words are quoted. I would call it “CriminalMindsCat” and…