Eric Clapton - Layla (Live)

Jason Mraz - I'm Yours (Live in London)

Top 5 Overland Routes for Beginners - California

Ben at Overland Trail Guides put together his list of Overland routes in Claifornia that are suitable for beginners with stock 4x4's.

The only one I have completed is The Lost Coast 4x4 Trail, but I have been in the area of all the others, and I can say they all are in amazing places that anyone will love.

 

 

Water Level At Lake Sonoma

The day use area at Yorty Creek out of Cloverdale, CA.

This day use area and car-top only boat ramp has been impacted by the drought and closed for a few years because of low water level, and then COVID. It's great to see the lake filling up again.

It's time for the Army Corp of Engineers to get this Day Use Area cleaned up and operational again (along with the Lake Sonoma campgrounds) in time for Spring use.

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Those little juice bar packs you freeze that they always give you with Asian take-out are terrible. I do not recommend.

 A little hike at Lake Sonoma after the big storm yesterday.

 “Hairy Garcia” mural on 4th and A Streets in Eureka, California - by Arcata artist Julia Morgan.

 

 

Re-Edited Alaska 2022 Pictures

Re-posting a few pictures from my Summer 2022 Alaska paddling trip using filters from H&V Photo. 

Los Lonely Boys Heaven

I really liked this band several years ago, then without me really knowing it, they fell of the radar. I haven't researched it enough to come to any informed decision on why they dissapeared, but Henry Garza was leaning into the SRV bluesy rock style of playing the Stratocaster, and it would have been nice to see him advance at that style. Still...Great stuff.

 

Update: Looks like they are still together and touring. https://loslonelyboys.com/

Jonathan, The 190 Years Old Tortoise

Amazing and soooo cool! Jonathan, the 190 years old tortoise...

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/07/1141180557/jonathan-tortoise-birthday-190 

Photo Credit: @Gov_Phillips

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