Posted in Travel, Uncategorized on Oct 18th, 2017
[flickr: trinity site] [flickr: white sands missile museum park] [flickr: new mexico museum of space history] [flickr: titan missile museum] The very first detonation of a nuclear device happened in New Mexico and was called “Trinity”. Two times a year people can go out onto the White Sands Missile Range to visit the Trinity site. […]
Posted in Travel on Oct 4th, 2017
[flickr: Death Valley – Wildrose] I’ve wanted to hike up to Telescope Peak for a while but so far haven’t felt like I’ve been in good enough shape. A few days ago I saw a photo on the Death Valley NP Facebook page showing ladybugs at the summit of Wildrose. I looked it up and […]
Posted in Travel on Sep 24th, 2017
[flickr: Idaho solar eclipse] I figure I had better write about this before I forget even more about the trip! I was mildly interested in the solar eclipse this year, had finally heard enough people talk about how awe inspiring a totality is and decided to go check it out. I vaguely remember seeing a […]
Posted in Travel on Sep 10th, 2017
[flickr: Hetch Hetchy trip] Ever since that One Time in 2005 in Colorado where a bear tried to nose their way into my friends’ tent at night while they were still inside, I’ve been leery about camping in the forest. Usually I don’t have a problem with wild critters, I’ve spent many nights in Death […]
Posted in Travel on Jul 12th, 2017
flickr: Nevada-Utah flickr: Bryce Canyon NP flickr: Zion NP I recently quit my job because I got too burned out doing tech all the time and decided to take a year off to travel, camp, and explore. After my trip to eastern Utah a couple of months ago, I wanted to come back and check out […]
Posted in Travel on May 14th, 2017
flickr: Arches flickr: Dead Horse, Canyonlands flickr: scenic drive, GS-E, Dixie After taking my truck to the mechanic, he decided there wasn’t much to work with and misfire indicators not a big problem for now. Said it could just be a touchy airflow sensor. I took off again for Utah on Thursday, heading south along […]
Posted in Travel, Uncategorized on Apr 26th, 2017
So yeah, I’m still around! I have a month off from work so I’ve been bumming around from one thing to another. My truck just rolled 300,000 miles recently and I finally got around to having * replaced as part of regular maintenance. I’ve been wanting to head off on some roadtrips but not really […]
Posted in Travel on Mar 14th, 2013
I decided to go to Death Valley for a week to unplug and stayed at the Furnace Creek Ranch. People always wonder why I go out there instead of head off to the beach, and while I love laying on the beach too, sometimes it’s nice to go where it’s dead quiet. In some ways […]
Posted in Travel on Mar 13th, 2011
Saturday morning I struggled to decide out what I should do on my last day. I kind of wanted to go back to the UC Botanical Garden to see the rest, maybe go visit a museum, go shopping, or just walk around outside. While making up my fickle mind, I drove down the Warren Freeway […]
Posted in Travel on Mar 13th, 2011
Wednesday morning I packed up and left Berkeley for Death Valley. I actually had some initial hesitation about this, since the bay was so nice and the drive would eat a lot of time. This is something I had wanted to do since last summer, when I expected to have a nomadic lifestyle for a […]
