With mixed feelings, we’re back home from our week on the big island of Hawaii. It’s nice to be home in some ways, but we really enjoyed our stay in Hawaii and we’d have happily spent more time there. It’s going to take some time to digest things, sort through photos, and put together some […]

Aloha from the southernmost point of the United States!

I have a very welcome, too-brief diversion from the current financial stress coming up in the form of a trip to the Big Island of Hawaii. We’re extremely fortunate in that it’s almost an all-expense paid trip, as we’d never have been able to afford it right now otherwise. Unfortunately, I can’t bring the Jeep […]

Almaden Quicksilver this time, hiking through the park with Antony on the Bay Area Ridge Trail route. Beautiful weather! Two cache finds for me, three zillion signpost and flower photos (or “photies” as he calls them) for Antony, about 5½ miles of hiking, with a car staged at each end. My pics. His pics on […]