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Visiting Rulisons
Another gorgeous day. We drive south to Temecula where some of my relatives on my dad’s side live. My cousin Dan and his wife Joan are traveling, but cousin Anabel and my Uncle Don greet us with a fabulous lunch of fresh salmon and salad. We visit Dan’s scenic property outside of town, and get…
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Big Rock
We wake up to clear skies, and I feel excited about getting a couple of routes in today. The whole family packs up and heads for Big Rock at Perris Lake. The gate is closed, which adds half a mile to the approach but also thins the crowds. Today there’s only one other pair of…
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A Fish Christmas
Here’s a glimpse from Christmas day with Ann’s family. To them it’s obvious what’s going on. For me it’s a symbol of the many things a family shares, bits of common identity that make them unique. As a new member of the family I don’t have the memories that fill this picture with meaning, but…
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Larry comes through
There is water again by the time I return home from work, and a sizable pit dug in the back yard.
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Waterless
It’s good to be reminded of what life is like when the tap goes off now and then. We had a pile of dirty dishes hogging the counter of course. Ann is in general much more prepared for contingencies than me. She had nine gallons of filtered drinking water on hand, so I could rinse…
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Time to call Larry
Ann woke me up around 3 am saying that something was wrong in the back yard. Indeed, it was flooded with water right up to the door. The sprinkler system had flooded the back yard a couple weeks ago, so I immediately went to look at that, but it was still off. Then Ann had…
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New Lines to Paragraphs
WordPress, the software behind this site, uses a function called autop(), originally written by Photo Matt, to convert new lines to proper HTML paragraphs. It didn’t really handle some common HTML structures too well, so tonight I took a stab at hacking it a bit. Code follows.
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Movie: Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood
Another movie I can’t remember why I added to my queue. I wish Netflix would allow me to write a note to myself which they would then send with the movie. Many mysteries could thus be solved. Anyway, this movie shows what can happen if you run around carrying sharp plot devices. The internet movie…
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Whisky Flat Trail Day 2
In the morning, after 13 hours in my tent, the verdict is that tent-shopping is in our future. The North Face Canyonlands is nice at just under four pounds, but too claustrophobic for weathering big storms together. We aren’t hungry yet, so we pack up and start walking. We are in a tight canyon crossing…
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Whiskey Flat Trail
We park at the Whisky Flat trailhead in Kernville, planning to hike north for an over night trip, but there is a ‘DAY USE ONLY’ sign at the trailhead. Ann convinces me to ask about it at the ranger station. It turns out a local rancher owns the parking area, and will tow any cars…