Scenic Sunday
Berryessa in May
Every recent memory is extra precious to me now after losing the Big Guy in late July. There were so many beautiful places he introduced me to — places I never would have learned to love if not for him. Here are just a few of the scenes from our most recent visits to Lake Berryessa in May of this […]
Memory Monday: Scenes from Soda Bay
Between 2014 and 2016, the month of May meant spending a week with the Big Guy and his parents at Soda Bay in Lake County, in the shadow of Mt Konocti. Rather than drive around and explore as I tend to do nowadays, my outings were restricted to walking distance from the area where we were staying, which happened to […]
Scenic Sunday
Delta day trip
Some sights from my trip to the Delta with the Big Guy in the last week of June 2025.
Scenic Sunday
Angels Camp Museum
This morning, Google Photos was nice enough to point out that it’s been four years since I last visited the Angels Camp Museum in Calaveras County. Much of the time, I ignore these little reminders, but today the timing was ideal. Only the other day, the Big Guy mentioned to me that we should go for a drive somewhere, flattering […]
Scenic Sunday
Delta birding
A couple of days ago, the Big Guy finally managed to convince me to go along with him on a Delta fishing trip, promising me the chance to see all kinds of birds. I’m always reluctant to commit to an entire day — from early morning until dusk — of sitting on a bass boat under a hot sun (with […]