Hippocleides Doesn't Care

It’s been an unusually mild summer here in California. And don’t get me wrong, I am NOT complaining. Usually we can count on 100 degree-plus temperatures every day in the central valley for a good six months straight–June through October. But this year we’ve only had a handful of days over 100. And that’s fantstic. [...]

Tags: California, central valley, Chico, hunting, hwy 395, Manteca, rain, snow, Tioga

Yum does this funny thing with her fingers, “air quotes”, every time the subject of “camping” comes up. She doesn’t think that I camp. Or rather, she doesn’t think that I’ll ever take her camping. So I decided to fix that. Last Wednesday morning we loaded up the Yaris and left Vacaville along the road [...]

Tags: camping, Chester, Chico, coffee, Deer Creek, Deer Creek Falls, fishing, fly fishing, highway 147, highway 32, highway 36, highway 70, highway 80, highway 89, highway 99, Indian Falls, Indian Valley, Kopper Kettle, Lake Almanor, Pine Shack Frosty, wifi, yaris, yum

My friends are a lively, interesting, and amusing bunch. Some have taken to the web, and have blogs of their own. If you look in my sidebar you’ll see a section labeled “Blogroll”. This is where you can find links to their pages. But who are these people, you ask? I’m glad you asked! Let’s [...]

Tags: 311, alaska, arizona, beatdown, buckshot, Chico, clutch, coast guard, Dave, demandred, fade, gamespy, havalon, hawaii, kodiak, meme, pak9, planetquake, shmoov, skillet, smade, snow crash, socal, tetsuo, viper, xkineticx, zues

When I was a kid, highway 80 was the road to fun. I would get sooo excited when we made that turn off 680 north and onto 80 east. Because I knew that we were on our way to do something really cool. I knew that we were going to Walt’s cabin in Truckee, or [...]

Tags: Chico, drinking, fun, highway 80, Lake Tahoe, Reno, Roseville, Scott, skiing, Truckee, Vacaville, yum