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Diving at San Carlos Beach
–Drove down after work Friday for a night dive. I met up with one person, who also invited a worker from the dive shop on the wharf. He guided us out to the Metridium (after getting turned around for a little bit). After a short night’s sleep, I drove down again early the next morning […]
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St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
–We went to St. Croix to meet up with my family for our holiday get-together. We caught the red-eye to the east coast on Friday night, then arrived Saturday afternoon to the island. After a very tiring day of flying, I didn’t get to catch up on sleep too much because we had a dive […]
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Lassen Volcanic NP
–We drove up Friday evening and set up camp at Manzanita Lake Campground. On Saturday we hiked past Cold Boiling Spring to the Bumpass Hell area. Afterwards we took a dip in one of the crystal clear lakes and then went to the park visitor center. The next day we hiked the Cinder Cone and […]
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Pinnacles NP
–We took a quick weekend trip to Pinnacles, arriving and setting up camp just after dark on Friday night. The next day we did a 11 mile hike that took us through Bear Gulch Reservoir and caves, the High Peaks and Pinnacle Rocks, and the Balconies Caves. We saw lots of wildlife including several deer, […]
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Hawaii (The Big Island)
–Had to get Covid tested within 72 hours of takeoff, so we took care of that on Wednesday. Negative results came back within a few hours of the test. No real problems once we got off the plane, other than a fairly slow-moving line to get through the Covid checkpoint. It was very hot and […]
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Yosemite
–Claire drove us there. Entry was a breeze despite the reservation requirement. Almost as soon as we entered the park, we started seeing snow on the ground. Stopped for a few pictures of the Merced Gorge at the entrance, and saw a coyote who was kind enough to pose for us right next to the […]
