Hippocleides Doesn't Care

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 [...]

Tags: California, central valley, eastern Sierras, highway 108, highway 120, highway 4, highway 50, highway 70, highway 80, highway 88, kennedy meadow, Sierra Nevada, sonora pass, yum

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