The Adventures Of Tom Bissell
Posted in AdventuresWithYum on Wednesday 27 May 2009 12:00am
In years past I’ve gone to Silverfork off highway 50 for Memorial Day weekend. That was back when I was younger and didn’t care about sitting in stop-and-go traffic for 8 hours to get home. These days I’m much more likely to stay home on holiday weekends. But Sonora Pass called to me… Sonora Pass [...]
Posted in Musings on Sunday 10 May 2009 09:55pm
From time to time I lose my mind and become entralled with tales of adventure. I joined the Navy after high school on a whim. I enjoy playing adventure-ish video games entirely too much. I was once *this* close to joining the Peace Corps. Then it was the Long Way Round adventure with Ewan MacGregor [...]
Posted in Blogs on Saturday 21 June 2008 12:14am
Today is June 21st. Ahhh, Summer. Here in the Central Valley we get about six months of Summer. From May until November it’s 100 degrees every day. Then we get about two weeks of Fall, where the temperature is in the 70s. Then it turns cold and rains for 5 months. When the rain stops [...]
Posted in AdventuresWithYum on Friday 30 May 2008 06:19pm
Cold. Wet. Rainy. Foggy. Cloudy. Cold. Drove up Wednesday. Tried fishing some of the very small creeks around our campsite. No luck. Built a roaring fire to fend off the wet cold. Bundled up and spent the night shivering in our tent. 30 degrees. Ice on the ground in the morning. No fishing? Colder than [...]
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The Adventures Of Tom Bissell
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