The Duffel Bag

Where the spirit leads the feet will follow.

Down distant paths for unmapped miles.

Heads forget but hearts remember:

The art of living knows no bounds.

"The best journeys answer questions that in the beginning you didn't even think to ask." - Jeff Johnson, 180 Degrees South

"The best way out is always through" - Robert Frost

"The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way". - Marcus Aurelius

Sunday, May 16, 2021

Monday, April 26, 2021

* Spring Kayak Clean

Milo got stormed out of a Mount Shasta climb, so he's using the time to get ready for Spring kayaking around our tri-state area.

A power wash and minor repair project.

Mostly Sit-On-Tops cleaned. A couple need minor strap re-attachment work

Friday, April 23, 2021

* Mount Shasta Climb...Not This Weekend

The plan was the Clear Creek Route.

With the low snow year, routes are deteriorating early and fast. Clear Creek is still climbable, but it requires a 4 mile snowshoe approach just on the access road. We were ready to go until the forecast wiped out the weekend.

I think I will stay packed and reassess for next weekend, or the following one.

Clear Creek area on 4/20/2021 (Not My Picture)

https://www.shastaavalanche.org/climbing-route-trailhead-conditions/clear-creek-route-update

Monday, March 8, 2021

* The Second Half

From angstoic.com.

Crossroads

The second half of my life will be black

to the white rind of the old and fading moon.

The second half of my life will be water

over the cracked floor of these desert years.

I will land on my feet this time,

knowing at least two languages and who

my friends are. I will dress for the

occasion, and my hair shall be

whatever color I please.

Everyone will go on celebrating the old

birthday, counting the years as usual,

but I will count myself new from this

inception, this imprint of my own desire.

The second half of my life will be swift,

past leaning fence posts, a gravel shoulder,

asphalt tickets, the beckon of open road.

The second half of my life will be wide-eyed,

fingers shifting through fine sands,

arms loose at my sides, wandering feet.

There will be new dreams every night,

and the drapes will never be closed.

I will toss my string of keys into a deep

well and old letters into the grate.

The second half of my life will be ice

breaking up on the river, rain

soaking the fields, a hand

held out, a fire,

and smoke going

upward, always up.

~ Joyce Sutphen

[Photo of Stefanie Lange]

Sunday, February 28, 2021

Whiskey River (Willie Nelson Cover)

Reina del Cid and Whiskey River...

Saturday, February 20, 2021

Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon cover

Reina de Sid and Werewolves of London cover.

Saving fir me-self. :)

Monday, February 15, 2021

* Lake Sonoma Rainy Day Loop

A nice 5+ mile hike in rain and heavy mist out at Lake Sonoma today. One of my favorite trails. I added a section so the hike was longer (and harder).

No wildlife spotted today, and that includes Hominids. I did hear pigeons fly from their roost at one point, and heard geese in the distance.

Distance: 5.5 miles

Duration: 01:58:58