favorite mug

Probably my favorite mug, aesthetically, at the moment.

dark-eyed junco

Not a bad looking bird, but really it's the call that makes it stand out.

red beans and rice

Between the years 1995 and 1997 this was my favorite lunch. Very easy to prepare so I had it several times a week. Then all of a sudden Lipton stopped making it. I wrote them a letter, but nothing ever came of it. It's been nothing but a memory ever since. Funny how the best things in life get discontinued.

Stoicism

"You ask me to say what you should consider it particularly important to avoid. My answer is this: a mass crowd. It is something to which you cannot entrust yourself yet without risk." - Seneca

Piedra Blanca

the road to Piedra Blanca

the road to Rose Valley

then this happened

JetBoil

Using a JetBoil for the very first time to warm up Vegetable Tikka Masala.

Sage Hill "car camping"

This was a completely new piece of the Los Padres National Forest for me. Sage Hill campground is off of Paradise Road which is in the Santa Barbara Ranger District. It was great to put the old tent to use.