Hippocleides Doesn't Care

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 [...]

Tags: Auburn, California, Cascades, Grass Valley, highway 395, highway 89, Lake Almanor, Lake Tahoe, Lake Topaz, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Mount Shasta, Nevada, Quincy, Sierra Nevada, Truckee, 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