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Pueblo Viejo
Few have seen this sight and lived.
Oooo Mommy
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Book Club
Book club was at mom's house tonight, so Andy brought mom up here for dinner while our wives were otherwise occupied. I spent the day scouring the house and cooking. We had pork loin and cornbread. Andy brought a salad, wine and beer. After dinner we had drinks,...
Morels for Breakfast
Between the drought and fierce competition, I have not found many morels this season. But this morning I did have three mushrooms and about as many stalks of asparagus. I scalded the morels in water while I chopped and fried some bacon. When the bacon was...
Lusk Creek Militia
Walter Dawg joined Cap'n Ron, Michael and me on a winter excursion into the Gifford Pinchot. ...
Good Evening
8/23/26 9:00 64F (17.7C) AQI 48 This evening is slightly hazy with the scent of wood smoke, but the moon is waxing gibbous and the stars are shining bright. We just got back from six days at the coast and I couldn't resist a soak before bed. I watched a star go...
Good Morning
8/20/26 7:00 54F (12.2C) Blue sky alternating with fog blown about by a light breeze blowing from the NW. A single drip has soaked a spot just above my pillow. I got up at 5:00 to use the head, about 1/8 mile walk in the blackness through heavy swirling mist....
Good Afternoon
8/11/26 The wind being favorable and the wildfire smoke having abated, Walter, Mike and I decided to spend the day by a stream in the woods. We arrived late morning and found we had the place to ourselves. Except for Cocaine Bear. Quickly retrieving our bear guns, we...
Good Evening
8/4/26 7:45 p.m. 78F (25.5C) The sun setting through the smoke from the Grasshopper fire.
July 4, 2026
Good Morning
9/29/26 7:00 53F (11.6C) AQI 20 It is much warmer this morning. No wind on the ground and not much aloft. Broken overcast with grey and gloomy clouds to the west and the north. Crows converse with each other, exchanging amicable curses and rude commentary, as...
Good Morning
9/28/26 7:30 38F (3.3C) AQI 21 A pellucid gauze of high clouds softens the morning blue of the autumn sky. Heat rising from the fire stirs the air around the poles above the lodge. Otherwise, all is still. The kennel dogs are barking, eliciting vocal...
Good Morning
9/27/26 7:00 44F (6.66C) AQI 19 No wind. Blue sky with a few clouds scattered about. Birds are flitting here and there. Walter is having a conversation with a dog down the road, but it is not very animated. More of a Sunday morning chat. It is generally...
Good Morning
9/26/26 7:00 43F (6C) AQI 15 Approximate altitude 800' Clear sky with a few white whisps behind the east ridge. A slight breeze from the southeast is blowing on the ground here. Touched off the BBQ in the lodge to put some heat and smoke on the pumpkin rings. I...
Good Morning
9/25/26 5:30 54F (12.2C) AQI 25 Cloudy, dark, wet. There is a light breeze, cool but not uncomfortable. The predicted rains were slow coming. It was sprinkling when I came out, progressing to light rain, then becoming a steady downpour. Then it stopped, like...
