Timeline with summary of my posts
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Timeline of my posts
Death Valley geology hiking/camping trip Dec 2021
Explore Death Valley with a group of hikers interested in examining the geology of the park. The trip is December 28, 2021 through January 1, 2022.
Fuel savings calculator for driving 55 on highways
When my school returned to in-person teaching in May, I started a short daily commute with about 13 miles on a highway with no traffic slow-downs (teaching has its advantages: early start means before most commuters). I started recording the fuel efficiency (miles per gallon) during the highway drive each…Read More
Lava Beds & Tule Lake geology hiking/camping trip; July 2021
Lava Beds & Tule Lake: July 11-14 Continuing our July northeast California trips, we will spend four days exploring Lava Beds National Monument, plus the Tule Lake National Monument. Katie and I are leading another hiking/camping trip with our Meetup group. If you would like to attend, space is limited…Read More
Mt. Lassen and Lava Beds geology hiking/camping trip; July 2021
Three-day geology focused hiking in the Mt. Lassen area in Northern California. Nights spent in a group campsite.
Bicycle touring on the West Coast of USA
The Pacific Coast Bike Route I’m not sure when the first official bike route was created for the Pacific Coast, but it was well known when I first rode it in 1977. Resources Adventure Cycling Association “Pacific Coast” breaks the Vancouver BC to Imperial Beach in San Diego down into…Read More
Death Valley online tour: COVID-19 social distancing
Using Google Earth as the tour map, and combining my knowledge from the trips I have taken there with my photos and YouTube/Vimeo videos, I organized an online tour for of Death Valley April 15th, 2020. Below are images and videos from that tour (I hope to add a Google…Read More
Corona virus limerick
Corona virus limerick
How to avoid losing an hour of sleep when we ‘spring forward.’
Setting your clocks forward after dinner can help you avoid losing sleep when we set our clocks forward at the end of DST.
The pleasures of a relaxed morning commute
A commute can be what you make of it. Here is an example of one of my typical morning commute.