Sherman Pass, Day 2
After a rocky launch this trip has quickly turned into one of my favorites. Cruising through all sorts of different Californias, spectacular vistas, giant trees…and the twistiest road I’ve ever ridden! What’s not to like? Before leaving Coalinga for the Sierras I happened to do some more research on the
Sherman Pass, Day 1
Well, I finally got to Coalinga. But man, what a bunch of silly little frustrations along the way! First, it was raining in San Carlos when I woke up…which kind of offset my having delayed the start of my trip by two days so as to avoid the rain. The
Sherman Pass, Day 0
I’d been itching to do a multi-day motorcycle trip for months. I hadn’t been on one in several years due to the pandemic, but now that things like lodging are sort of back to normal it was time. Initially I was going to do the Lost Coast, the bulge in
Private Property, Hummingbird Style
We recently replaced our long-empty hummingbird feeders with new models that aren’t prone to having their entire contents dump out at random intervals. This has re-established us on the hummingbird circuit. Where for the last few years we rarely saw hummers in our yard we are now visited daily by
Plagues Upon the Earth
I’ve been reading a really interesting book about the intertwined evolution of humanity and its parasites and pathogens called Plagues Upon the Earth, by Kyle Harper. He’s a professor of classics and letters at the University of Oklahoma. Which may account for why the book, despite the nature of its
