The day before Christmas Eve, I sent the Christmas Letter in to the printer, because that is the optimal time to get your Christmas Letters printed, practically ON Christmas. This is not conventional wisdom, I know, but almost there was no Christmas Letter, so sending it to print on December 23rd still seems like a... Continue Reading →
Day Seventeen: Tuesday, June 5th, Sequoia’s Last Stand
Big Trees. Indeed. The little energy we had to expend today took up up to General Sherman, and the desperately-in-need-of-renovation Lodgepole Visitor Center. The Giant Forest Museum further down was quite nice yesterday, but the Visitor Center up by the Lodge is stuck in the wrong century. I can only hope it's next on the... Continue Reading →
Day Sixteen: Monday, June 4th, Sequoia-Kings Canyon
Obviously, up early to beat the oppressive heat. So far the Intex is withered, but still inflated. I'm not ecstatic with how very squishy it is in this climate, but I'm happy to be slightly aloft of the razor gravel, so... The drive into Sequoia was lovely, I'm sure, but to be painfully honest, we're... Continue Reading →
Day Ten: Tuesday, May 29th, Humboldt Redwoods, CA
Up at 6, out by 7:15, in search of California's Redwood Forest! We said goodbye to Oregon, and passed through border fruit inspection with flying colors. I was reminded--by my children--after driving away--that we were, in fact, harboring the very kinds of citrus fruits I just denied to the nice fruit policewoman back at the... Continue Reading →