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

Thursday, November 22, 2018

* Lava Beds National Monument - Thanksgiving Weekend 2018

We arrive...

Friday, November 16, 2018

* Paradise Lost

November 19th update: https://snowbrains.com/death-toll-rises-california-fires/?fbclid=IwAR1YnWvDCF4cGs9dMgK6thNqwhCdqD-DAGLpw2hWRbCQrW6Vl-ThUVB0EGg

The town of Paradise California, and the beautiful surrounding areas, have perished in a California wildfire!

All photos above borrowed from the internet

We made several trip up there in the past to rejuvenate, and to hike some of the extraordinary flume trails, of which there were many. We have no official reports, but with regard to the flume trails, we have heard "it's all gone...". So sad.

Here is a link to the Duffel Bag post of our Miocene Canal (AKA - The Paradise Flume Trail) hike back in March of 2013.
https://pfcduffle.blogspot.com/2013/03/hiking-paradise-flume-trail.html

Here are some teaser shots...