Saturday: (06/14) Made to the day after Friday the 13th so all is well. I made corned beef hash and eggs for breakfast. Lou's able to get outside now so we enjoyed our morning tea in the back yard. I plucked almost all the apricots from the tree. I left only a few to be enjoyed on backyard strolls. I also did other gardening and sprinkler adjusting and repairs. When I came in, I prepared the apricots for the freezer.
I've completed the move from my previous host to the new host. One of the biggest problems was a change from a Linux server to a Windows server. Doesn't seem like it should be a problem but it's a major difference. Another problem was older installations of Wordpress that needed some changes and help getting upgraded to the latest version. This site is fully restored as are RVexperience/info and TSA.cc. There's more work to be done to several other minor sites.
Lunch was a corned beef and cheese sandwich. Dawn made macaroni and cheese for dinner.
Sunday: (06/15)We all took a walk this afternoon. Lou and Dawn visited a craft swap and I visited the California Avenue Farmers Market. The market has doubled in size since i last visited it a few months ago. Today was Fathers Day and Dawn gave me a set of Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour DVDs. Otherwise my Fathers Day is tomorrow when I get to choose where they are taking be to lunch. We hate crowds so rarely go out on holidays. It's nice to stretch the legs. I haven't been doing much and can feel myself rusting up.
Leftover hash for breakfast and lunch. Pork chop with sauerkraut and potatoes from the slow cooker which I started before breakfast. Nice mellow sauerkraut.
Monday: (06/16) I spent the day transporting Dawn, shopping, and computing. I fixed scrambled eggs with spinach and sausage for breakfast. For lunch Lou and Dawn took Ernie and i out to the Talk Of Broadway restaurant in Redwood City (my choice). I had crepes, Ernie Fish and chips, Lou a pork chop and Dawn a wonderful pear salad.
Tuesday: (06/17)I planted some more lettuce and some bok choi in the greenhouse. Then I decided to wash the RV. It wasn't washed after our last trip to Pismo Beach. The i thought, why not clean the roof really well and reseal it with rubber roof conditioner. That morphed into needing to prune the tree over the RV first. That developed into deciding to do and extensive prune job. I'm supposed to remove the tree when i get a chance and today turned into the chance. i removed half of the tree, that part over the RV. It is the neighbor's tree and I still have to remove the other two major limbs that cover her front yard and roof area. She's been wanting me to remove it for a while. I filled our compost bins with a good part of the trimmings cut into tiny pieces. Garbage day is tomorrow so i should be able to fill up the bins with the rest of the trimmings and possibly start cutting the rest of the tree. Now that the tree limbs over the RV are gone the solar will work better. Now to find a way to use it while at home. I also got a call from my satellite Internet service about renewing for the next year. I finally decided to suspend the account which keeps the account alive but suspends service for a fee. After six months of inactivity it will be automatically reactivated unless I decide to cancel it. The system is getting old but I still like the idea of having communications and Internet in the middle of nowhere, where we often try to be. Sauerkrauted potatoes with sausage and eggs for breakfast. Corned beef and cheese sandwich for lunch/ leftover sauerkraut potatoes and porkchops for dinner.
Wednesday: (06/18) Today is garbage day and I need to wait for the compost bins to be emptied so I can refill them with the rest of yesterdays prunings. Unfortunately, while the garbage and recycle barrels are empty by 0800, the compost doesn't get emptied until after noon. I relaxed in the morning until the barrels were empty them almost filled the three huge bins. I have about half a barrel to go so I'll probably cut off another limb to top the barrel off. The rest of the tree will have to wait until next week. Donuts for breakfast. Corned beef and cheese sandwich for lunch. Egg plant with Myzithra cheese noodles for dinner.
Thursday: (06/19) I took a hike with my group from Wunderlich Park in Woodside up to Alice's Restaurant on Skyline Blvd. Nice day and really nice to get out. Sausage with potatoes for breakfast. A nice hamburger at Alice's.
Friday: (06/20) I took Dawn up to San Mateo for an appointment in the morning. In the afternoon, Lou had an appointment.
Saturday: (06/21) Grocery shopping day. The usual route of Walmart, Sprout's and Grocery outlet. We all went. Breakfast at the Walmart McDonald's.
Sunday: (06/22) Mostly relaxed inside today. Dawn and I visited the Farmers Market with a stop at Fry's Electronic's on th way home. I did get out and pruned another limb of the neighbors tree and finished loading our last compost bin. Harvested five really nice tomatoes from the garden as well as an eggplant.
Monday: (06/23) I was tinkering on the computer much of the day. Cereal for breakfast. Lunch from LUU Noodle House. Dawn and I made Shepherd's pie for dinner. Lou provided instructions on how to make it but it still turned out different that usual.
Tuesday: (06/24) Lou had a PT appointment this morning. After that i took her to lunch at AQUI's Mexican restaurant in Cupertino. I've been there a few times with my hiking group. It's y fellow hike host, Bob's, favorite lunch spot. I've brought Dawn here before but thought Lou might like it. Of course, Bob was there as well with a friend. We joined them and enjoyed our lunch and a long chat. I think Lou really enjoyed it. Leftover Shepherd's Pie for breakfast. Lou had a Qusodillas and I had cheese soup with a wrap for lunch. Dinner was baked beans with grilled onions and cheese and wieners.
Wednesday: (06/25) Nothing productively accomplished today. Granola for breakfast. Corned beef and cheese sandwich for lunch. Spanish rice for dinner.
Thursday: (06/26) I met my fellow hikers and led a hike of the Tarwater Loop Trail at Pescadero Creek County Park, which is next door to Portola State Park. The hike was only 5.9 miles with our side trip to visit Pescadero Creek. This is the first hike I've led for a couple of months and I really just wanted a half dozen hikers and when I've scheduled this hike in the past I've always had small groups due to the distance from the valley and the difficulty of finding the trailhead. This time I had 19 hikers sign up and 18 made it. Only one got lost. While we had a little rain last night and it was filly overcast this morning, by the time we hit the trail the sky was clear and the coastal mountain fog was gone. A nice hike. I did my usual after hike afternoon of relaxing. I received some new batteries for our cell phones today. Mine had developed a very short life suddenly and I'll need a good life when I get back to the trail. My breakfast was a wiener with some leftover Spanish rice. Corned beef and cheese sandwich for lunch. Broccoli with chicken for dinner.
Friday: (06/27) We made a shopping run to Costco today. Much of the rest of the day and evening was spent binge watching the Eli Stone TV series. Home fried potatoes and bacon for breakfast. A Costco lunch. Roast chicken with cauliflower for dinner.
Saturday: (06/28) We had morning tea in the back yard. I then got carried away doing some yard work. I pruned the wisteria arbor and cleaned the water fountain. That concluded my days work. My next task was to contribute to my off trail rusting by continuing binge watching the Eli Stone TV series. Granola for breakfast. Egg plant with corn on the cob and roast chicken for lunch. Dawn's potato leek soup for dinner.
Sunday: (06/29) Granola for breakfast. A spam and cheese sandwich for lunch. More Shepherd's pie for dinner.
Monday: (06/30) Lou and Dawn had appointments this morning. I was the chauffeur. I fixed wiener hash for breakfast. Lunch at the Sweet Tomato restaurant. Leftover Shepherd's pie for dinner. After dinner we did most of our grocery shopping.
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Monday, June 2, 2014
How Does Our Garden Grow?
Monday: (06/02) I took Dawn to an appointment in San Mateo. On the way home we stopped at Whispers restaurant in Belmont for breakfast/lunch. I noticed one of their locations in San Jose and have been meaning to try them out. Pretty good crepes. For dinner we had the usual KFC Monday specials of chicken and corn.
Tuesday: (06/03) I tinkered on the drip watering system fixing plants that weren’t getting enough water. I also got a call from Courtney. She needed to be in San Carlos and was at the train station where the trains weren’t running. Dawn and I picked her up and took her to work. This just happened to be the day the auto transport company was delivering her car to her work location. I took advantage of being in San Carlos to visit REI to pickup some replacement hiking pants to replace the ones I wore out on my hike. Our berries are nearing the end of their production but I did get about 3 quarts which made for some nice berry sundaes for and afternoon snack and for Dawn to made another cobbler. Diced wiener in scrambled eggs for breakfast. Super nachos from our neighboring restaurant, Tacos El Grullense. For dinner hamburgers ala Don.
Wednesday: (06/04) I visited Home Depot and bought some self watering planters for the greenhouse for some vegetables. Now that it has wired doors to keep out the critters, we can have some salad veggies.
Thursday: (06/05) I took Dawn to an Appointment in San Jose this morning. Chorizo and eggs for breakfast. Chopped salads from the Corner Bakery Restaurant for lunch. Spaghetti for dinner.
Friday: (06/06) I had hoped to finally get out on a hike this morning but the ike at Sanborn Park that my hiking group had planned would have taken too long for me to return home by 1230 so I had to cancel my attendance there and plan on a hike next Tuesday. I was busy with the computer all morning. Lou had an appointment in Santa Clara this afternoon. Lou instructed me on how to make latkes (potato pancakes) served with Italian sausage.. Lunch at the Chinese Buffet in San Jose. Leftovers for dinner.
Saturday: (06/07) I fixed corned beef hash for breakfast then we enjoyed tea in the yard and I started to prepare the garden beds in the greenhouse. I made the mistake of buying potting soil instead of potting mix that the self watering planters require. I returned them to Home Depot and got the correct stuff. We also picked up some seeds. Hot dogs for lunch. Dawn made nice chef's salads for dinner.
Sunday: (06/08) A rather hot day. Our tomato plants have risen to five feet tall, even with my persistent trimming. We aren't going to have 0 foot tall plants this year. They both fell over today and required more substantial staking. I spent much time tinkering with the computer. Leftovers for breakfast. LUU noodles for lunch. Rice, pork chops, and the first tomatoes from our garden.
Monday: (06/09) I did the weekly grocery shopping this morning so I had breakfast at McDonald's in Walmart, my second stop. I had already stopped at the Grocery Outlet before Walmart then to Sprout's Market and finally to the Milk Pail. With everything put away, I returned to tinker at the computer before I chauffeured Dawn to a class in Sunnyvale. It was another hot day so no need to wait for buses in the heat. About 1530 I received my new inReach GPS transceiver. I got it all setup and tested. I need to learn how to use it before I hit the trail again. It provides two text communication via satellites so I'll be able to communicate better. Lou and Dawn had buckwheat cereal for breakfast. Leftovers for lunch. For dinner I stir fried some bok choy and carrots and baked potatoes served with leftover meats pork, chicken and fish.
Tuesday: (06/10) I was off early for a little hike in Saratoga. It was different than most of the hikes with the San Jose Mid Week Hikers in that it was shorter, only five miles, and included lots of street walking and just a little trail hiking. The leader also provided lots of tour guide like info about the city of Saratoga. i had stopped at jack In The Box on the way for my usual hiking breakfast, the Loaded Breakfast Sandwich. I had lnch with the hikers at Aqui's restaurant in Cupertino. I also ran Dawn to an appointment in San Jose in the afternoon. Dawn prepared dinner.
Wednesday: (06/11) Lou had an appointment this morning. In the afternoon I did some gardening. I got some seeds in the greenhouse garden pots and planted beans and peas in the yard. i also relocated a tomato plant in the to a bigger pot in the green house. First i had to modify the pot so it will work better as a self-watering pot. It;s an old model and I made it like the new ones with some soil submerged in the water well at the bottom. A little laundry done as well. I then spent the evening working on this blog adding missing posts and polishing the blog after the move. Granola for breakfast. Lunch at the Hometown Buffet in Santa Clara. Leftovers for dinner.
Thursday: (06/12) I got out for a hike this morning with my group at Stevens Creek County park. It was a nice 6 mile hike up to Maisie's peak overlooking the valley. We were fortunate that it was only about 72 degrees, not hot like many of the previous days. It was nice to be able to get out twice this week onto the trails. Other than the hike I was busy on th computer. Breakfast was at Jack In The Box again. I had lunch again at Aqui's restaurant in Cupertino with the group. A really nice burrito. Dawn made dinner, a stir fried / macaroni dish?
Friday: (06/13) More tinkering at the computer today. I have this website mostly restored but have some work to do on the others that this server was handling. I have to turn off the old server tonight. Granola for breakfast. Lunch from LUU Noodle House, combination chow fun noodles and egg rolls. Ernie and I shared a pizza for dinner while Dawn made chicken soup for Lou and herself.
Tuesday: (06/03) I tinkered on the drip watering system fixing plants that weren’t getting enough water. I also got a call from Courtney. She needed to be in San Carlos and was at the train station where the trains weren’t running. Dawn and I picked her up and took her to work. This just happened to be the day the auto transport company was delivering her car to her work location. I took advantage of being in San Carlos to visit REI to pickup some replacement hiking pants to replace the ones I wore out on my hike. Our berries are nearing the end of their production but I did get about 3 quarts which made for some nice berry sundaes for and afternoon snack and for Dawn to made another cobbler. Diced wiener in scrambled eggs for breakfast. Super nachos from our neighboring restaurant, Tacos El Grullense. For dinner hamburgers ala Don.
Wednesday: (06/04) I visited Home Depot and bought some self watering planters for the greenhouse for some vegetables. Now that it has wired doors to keep out the critters, we can have some salad veggies.
Thursday: (06/05) I took Dawn to an Appointment in San Jose this morning. Chorizo and eggs for breakfast. Chopped salads from the Corner Bakery Restaurant for lunch. Spaghetti for dinner.
Friday: (06/06) I had hoped to finally get out on a hike this morning but the ike at Sanborn Park that my hiking group had planned would have taken too long for me to return home by 1230 so I had to cancel my attendance there and plan on a hike next Tuesday. I was busy with the computer all morning. Lou had an appointment in Santa Clara this afternoon. Lou instructed me on how to make latkes (potato pancakes) served with Italian sausage.. Lunch at the Chinese Buffet in San Jose. Leftovers for dinner.
Saturday: (06/07) I fixed corned beef hash for breakfast then we enjoyed tea in the yard and I started to prepare the garden beds in the greenhouse. I made the mistake of buying potting soil instead of potting mix that the self watering planters require. I returned them to Home Depot and got the correct stuff. We also picked up some seeds. Hot dogs for lunch. Dawn made nice chef's salads for dinner.
Sunday: (06/08) A rather hot day. Our tomato plants have risen to five feet tall, even with my persistent trimming. We aren't going to have 0 foot tall plants this year. They both fell over today and required more substantial staking. I spent much time tinkering with the computer. Leftovers for breakfast. LUU noodles for lunch. Rice, pork chops, and the first tomatoes from our garden.
Monday: (06/09) I did the weekly grocery shopping this morning so I had breakfast at McDonald's in Walmart, my second stop. I had already stopped at the Grocery Outlet before Walmart then to Sprout's Market and finally to the Milk Pail. With everything put away, I returned to tinker at the computer before I chauffeured Dawn to a class in Sunnyvale. It was another hot day so no need to wait for buses in the heat. About 1530 I received my new inReach GPS transceiver. I got it all setup and tested. I need to learn how to use it before I hit the trail again. It provides two text communication via satellites so I'll be able to communicate better. Lou and Dawn had buckwheat cereal for breakfast. Leftovers for lunch. For dinner I stir fried some bok choy and carrots and baked potatoes served with leftover meats pork, chicken and fish.
Tuesday: (06/10) I was off early for a little hike in Saratoga. It was different than most of the hikes with the San Jose Mid Week Hikers in that it was shorter, only five miles, and included lots of street walking and just a little trail hiking. The leader also provided lots of tour guide like info about the city of Saratoga. i had stopped at jack In The Box on the way for my usual hiking breakfast, the Loaded Breakfast Sandwich. I had lnch with the hikers at Aqui's restaurant in Cupertino. I also ran Dawn to an appointment in San Jose in the afternoon. Dawn prepared dinner.
Wednesday: (06/11) Lou had an appointment this morning. In the afternoon I did some gardening. I got some seeds in the greenhouse garden pots and planted beans and peas in the yard. i also relocated a tomato plant in the to a bigger pot in the green house. First i had to modify the pot so it will work better as a self-watering pot. It;s an old model and I made it like the new ones with some soil submerged in the water well at the bottom. A little laundry done as well. I then spent the evening working on this blog adding missing posts and polishing the blog after the move. Granola for breakfast. Lunch at the Hometown Buffet in Santa Clara. Leftovers for dinner.
Thursday: (06/12) I got out for a hike this morning with my group at Stevens Creek County park. It was a nice 6 mile hike up to Maisie's peak overlooking the valley. We were fortunate that it was only about 72 degrees, not hot like many of the previous days. It was nice to be able to get out twice this week onto the trails. Other than the hike I was busy on th computer. Breakfast was at Jack In The Box again. I had lunch again at Aqui's restaurant in Cupertino with the group. A really nice burrito. Dawn made dinner, a stir fried / macaroni dish?
Friday: (06/13) More tinkering at the computer today. I have this website mostly restored but have some work to do on the others that this server was handling. I have to turn off the old server tonight. Granola for breakfast. Lunch from LUU Noodle House, combination chow fun noodles and egg rolls. Ernie and I shared a pizza for dinner while Dawn made chicken soup for Lou and herself.
Monday, May 5, 2014
More Fun At The Homestead
Tuesday: (05/06) Mostly relaxed today. Lunch at Chili’s Restaurant. Quesadillas for me, fajitas for Lou and Dawn. Lou mad lasagna for dinner.
Wednesday: (05/07) I made spam hash and eggs for breakfast which we enjoyed in the backyard. There were a few blackberries to sample from the vines. I did a little pruning of the arbor. if left to it’s natural desires, it would turn into a huge green ball with no entry to the inside. We al took a “walk” to the nearby Grocery Outlet market. Lou got to roll with us. Lunch was crackers and cheese. I spent much of the afternoon trying to connect Dawn’s braille printer to her computer. Success eventually happened. I also washed my trail clothes. Even though they had all been rinsed fairly well previously at teh motel, the ash water was black. I’m not sure i left much dirt on the trail? Spinach lasagna for dinner
Thursday: (05/08) I spent much of the day watching the City tree crew trimming all the trees on our street. I also prepared all the pictures for the blog and uploaded them to each post. I still need to integrate them into the post text. Leftover spam hash and eggs for breakfast. Lunch at LUU Noodle House. Misc leftovers for dinner.
Friday: (05/09) A Jack In The Box Loaded breakfast Sandwich started my day. A couple of my fellow hikers met at my place to carpool to our hike this morning. We met the 29 other hikers at the Castle Rock State park trail head. We did a six mile loop hike that took us by the waterfall. Our hike started in the fog and after some sprinkles of rain but the sky cleared shortly for some nice views of the mountains and ocean along the trail. A nice hike finishing about 1300. For lunch I made a couple of English muffin ham and cheese sandwiches. While I was gone today, the city’s tree crew had removed three big trees from the street and ground out the stumps. I missed all the fun! For dinner we had tostados. I finished integrating the hike photos into the blog posts for the hike tonight.
Saturday: (05/10) Laundry day. Lou and Dawn were busy taking a couple of baby birds that were found by the tree crews to the bird rescue folks. One of the three, a woodpecker that appeared to be the most likely to survive, died just before they took the others away. Breakfast at A Good Morning Restaurant. Lasagna for lunch. Pasta for dinner.
Sunday: (05/11) I tinkered with the drip watering system adding some emitters in the garden for new plants and adjusting other emitters around the yard that weren’t working right. In the afternoon Lou, Dawn and i took a walk on the Stanford campus visiting the cactus garden and the Rodin and Papua sculpture gardens. Eggs, ham and cheese on toast for breakfast. Salads for lunch, LUU Noodle House for dinner. Lou baked an apple pie.
Monday: (05/12) Lou got her things together for tomorrow. I tinkered on the computer much of the day. Apple pie for breakfast. KFC for lunch. Lou got her favorite dinner, prime rib a Carrow’s restaurant.
Tuesday: (05/13) A relaxing morning. Around 1000 we took Lou to her appointment. Dawn and I then went to breakfast/lunch at the Country Inn. Dawn visited a couple of book stores while I visited REI to swap my replacement hiking shoes for a size larger. That’s two sizes larger than my actual shoe size. Hopefully my toes appreciate the room. I did do an upgrade from my subdued color shoes to bright orange. Now if I fall off a cliff, if my feet are up, I’ll be located easily. I also stopped by the house in San Jose to pickup some paint to redo Lou’s entrance step that has some water damage. I also stopped by Central Computer for some cables and a new computer keyboard. Lou decided to spend the night so Dawn and I stopped by Aqui’s restaurant for dinner.
Wednesday: (05/14) This was a record hot day today, mid 90′s. The CPM machine finally arrived at noon. We picked up Lou and came home about 1330. Otherwise a relaxing day. Biscuits and honey for breakfast. More leftovers for lunch. Pesto gnocchi for dinner.
Thursday: (05/15) Lou had an appointment this morning. While at the hospital, I gave a little of my precious blood for a test as well. In the afternoon I did a quick shopping trip to Sprout’s market. Otherwise, a relaxing day for me and exercise for Lou. Cottage cheese and berries from our vines for breakfast. Green salads for lunch. I added a grilled English muffin ham and cheese sandwich to mine. For dinner we had spaghetti squash with chicken for dinner. i got a quick trip out to Sprout’s market for a few things.
Friday: (05/16) Another relaxing day for me and exercise for Lou. Strawberries and cottage cheese for breakfast. Roast chicken with chips and humus for lunch. Tofu vegetables and quinoa for dinner.
Saturday: (05/17) I accomplished nothing today, so it was a nice day. Lou was busy with exercises. Dawn was off to Richmond for a story telling conference. Oatmeal for breakfast. Fresh black berries from our vines for a snack. Chips, cheese, humus ans salsa for lunch. Roast chicken with quinoa and vegetables for dinner.
Sunday: (05/18) The end of another week. Today’s high was 71 degrees, quite a difference from last Wednesday’s record high. I dashed off early to do a little grocery shopping at Walmart and Sprout’s. I picked up my breakfast at Jack In the Box. Yogurt for Lou. Tuna and cheese sandwich for lunch for me, chicken for Lou. In the afternoon I took the car out to be washed. For dinner I made pork chops in Spanish rice.
Monday: (05/19) Lou had an appointment at noon. I made sausage, home fried potatoes and eggs for breakfast. Lunch was chicken from KFC, Dawn made lentil and ham soup for dinner.
Tuesday: (05/20) I had to rebuild the front entrance platform step. Some of the plywood had become delaminated. I had to shorten the step about five inches . Smaller will still be good. I also tinkered on the computer. We also order a new TV for Dawn from Walmart online which we should receive by Friday. I picked a nice bunch of berries and Lou and Dawn had leftover French toast and berries for breakfast. I had leftover sausage and potatoes for mine. For lunch I picked up a couple of chopped salads fro our local Corner Bakery restaurant. In the morning I started some beef in the slow cooker which became beef stroganoff on baked potatoes for dinner.
Wednesday: (05/21) I put a coat of paint on the front step platform that I rebuilt. Lou had an appointment at noon. I worked in the yard in the afternoon which included finishing another coat of paint on the step platform. In the evening i worked on setting up a new webserver to test web applications on. Breakfast was leftovers. Lunch and dinner were from LUU noodle House.
Thursday: (05/22) I took Dawn to an appointment in San Jose. We stopped for breakfast at La Victoria Restaurant in downtown SJ. I really like their breakfast burritos and their famous orange sauce. Lunch and dinner were leftovers. On the way home from SJ I stopped and did some final looking around for a new laptop for Lou and decided on an Asus windows 8 touch screen laptop. It cost less than $400 with tax and case. Lou’s old laptop was just too slow and I decided a new one would make her happier than just reinitializing her old one which had a bad wireless radio and was maybe 10 years old. She will hopefully adjust to the new ways of Windows 8.
Friday: (05/23) A hard morning of TV watching. Lou had an appointment in the afternoon. We were looking for Dawn’s new TV to arrive but it didn’t until just after we left for Lou’s appointment. In the evening i set it up to test but will have to wait to do the final setup until i can mak a stand for it and run a cable to it’s new home. Corned beef hash and eggs for breakfast. Leftovers for lunch. Green salad for dinner.
Saturday: (05/24) The usual Saturday shopping trip but I did it solo today. Leftovers for breakfast and lunch. Mac and cheese for dinner.
Sunday: (05/25) Ernie fired up his BBQ and we grilled a bunch of stuff. he filled his freezer. I did some pork and some dogs. I also started working on building new doors for the greenhouse. The old ones aren’t the right size and we need to seal it a bit more to keep critters out of it. The old doors were solid, the new will be 1/2 wire. In winter I’ll add plastic over the wire. I made a good breakfast of potatoes, sausage and eggs. Lunch was BBQ hotdogs and potato salad ala Dawn. Leftovers for dinner.
Monday: (05/26) Memorial Day. Thanks to all who served! I finished building the new door frames. I need to get some cold galvanizing spray to refinish at the welds and then add the wire. Cereal and yogurt for breakfast. Leftovers for lunch. KFC for dinner.
Tuesday: (05/27) Lou had an appointment in the afternoon. Cereal and yogurt for breakfast. Chicken with baked potato for lunch. leftovers for dinner.
Wednesday: (05/28) Lou had an appointment in the morning. I visited Harbor Freight and Orchard hardware while I waited. I picked up some cold galvanizing spray and a wire brush and finished the greenhouse door frames when I got home. Corned beef hash and eggs for breakfast. LUU noodle house’s chow fun and pad Thai with egg rolls for lunch. Pesto gnocchi with a four bean green salad for dinner.
Thursday: (05/29) and Friday: (05/30) So exciting I forgot what we did.
Saturday: (05/31) I did the Saturday morning grocery shopping. I spent much of the rest of the day atthe computer workign on websites. I’m having some dificulty moving this site to a new host so there may be some periods of outage for this website. Dawn and Courtney were busy with a game of minature golf. Donuts for breakfast. Leftovers for lunch. Chili beans, steak, and rice for dinner.
Sunday: (6/01) Dawn and I were busy cleaning the house. Fried eggs with chili beans and hashbrowns for breakfast. Leftovers for lunch.
Wednesday: (05/07) I made spam hash and eggs for breakfast which we enjoyed in the backyard. There were a few blackberries to sample from the vines. I did a little pruning of the arbor. if left to it’s natural desires, it would turn into a huge green ball with no entry to the inside. We al took a “walk” to the nearby Grocery Outlet market. Lou got to roll with us. Lunch was crackers and cheese. I spent much of the afternoon trying to connect Dawn’s braille printer to her computer. Success eventually happened. I also washed my trail clothes. Even though they had all been rinsed fairly well previously at teh motel, the ash water was black. I’m not sure i left much dirt on the trail? Spinach lasagna for dinner
Thursday: (05/08) I spent much of the day watching the City tree crew trimming all the trees on our street. I also prepared all the pictures for the blog and uploaded them to each post. I still need to integrate them into the post text. Leftover spam hash and eggs for breakfast. Lunch at LUU Noodle House. Misc leftovers for dinner.
Friday: (05/09) A Jack In The Box Loaded breakfast Sandwich started my day. A couple of my fellow hikers met at my place to carpool to our hike this morning. We met the 29 other hikers at the Castle Rock State park trail head. We did a six mile loop hike that took us by the waterfall. Our hike started in the fog and after some sprinkles of rain but the sky cleared shortly for some nice views of the mountains and ocean along the trail. A nice hike finishing about 1300. For lunch I made a couple of English muffin ham and cheese sandwiches. While I was gone today, the city’s tree crew had removed three big trees from the street and ground out the stumps. I missed all the fun! For dinner we had tostados. I finished integrating the hike photos into the blog posts for the hike tonight.
Saturday: (05/10) Laundry day. Lou and Dawn were busy taking a couple of baby birds that were found by the tree crews to the bird rescue folks. One of the three, a woodpecker that appeared to be the most likely to survive, died just before they took the others away. Breakfast at A Good Morning Restaurant. Lasagna for lunch. Pasta for dinner.
Sunday: (05/11) I tinkered with the drip watering system adding some emitters in the garden for new plants and adjusting other emitters around the yard that weren’t working right. In the afternoon Lou, Dawn and i took a walk on the Stanford campus visiting the cactus garden and the Rodin and Papua sculpture gardens. Eggs, ham and cheese on toast for breakfast. Salads for lunch, LUU Noodle House for dinner. Lou baked an apple pie.
Monday: (05/12) Lou got her things together for tomorrow. I tinkered on the computer much of the day. Apple pie for breakfast. KFC for lunch. Lou got her favorite dinner, prime rib a Carrow’s restaurant.
Tuesday: (05/13) A relaxing morning. Around 1000 we took Lou to her appointment. Dawn and I then went to breakfast/lunch at the Country Inn. Dawn visited a couple of book stores while I visited REI to swap my replacement hiking shoes for a size larger. That’s two sizes larger than my actual shoe size. Hopefully my toes appreciate the room. I did do an upgrade from my subdued color shoes to bright orange. Now if I fall off a cliff, if my feet are up, I’ll be located easily. I also stopped by the house in San Jose to pickup some paint to redo Lou’s entrance step that has some water damage. I also stopped by Central Computer for some cables and a new computer keyboard. Lou decided to spend the night so Dawn and I stopped by Aqui’s restaurant for dinner.
Wednesday: (05/14) This was a record hot day today, mid 90′s. The CPM machine finally arrived at noon. We picked up Lou and came home about 1330. Otherwise a relaxing day. Biscuits and honey for breakfast. More leftovers for lunch. Pesto gnocchi for dinner.
Thursday: (05/15) Lou had an appointment this morning. While at the hospital, I gave a little of my precious blood for a test as well. In the afternoon I did a quick shopping trip to Sprout’s market. Otherwise, a relaxing day for me and exercise for Lou. Cottage cheese and berries from our vines for breakfast. Green salads for lunch. I added a grilled English muffin ham and cheese sandwich to mine. For dinner we had spaghetti squash with chicken for dinner. i got a quick trip out to Sprout’s market for a few things.
Friday: (05/16) Another relaxing day for me and exercise for Lou. Strawberries and cottage cheese for breakfast. Roast chicken with chips and humus for lunch. Tofu vegetables and quinoa for dinner.
Saturday: (05/17) I accomplished nothing today, so it was a nice day. Lou was busy with exercises. Dawn was off to Richmond for a story telling conference. Oatmeal for breakfast. Fresh black berries from our vines for a snack. Chips, cheese, humus ans salsa for lunch. Roast chicken with quinoa and vegetables for dinner.
Sunday: (05/18) The end of another week. Today’s high was 71 degrees, quite a difference from last Wednesday’s record high. I dashed off early to do a little grocery shopping at Walmart and Sprout’s. I picked up my breakfast at Jack In the Box. Yogurt for Lou. Tuna and cheese sandwich for lunch for me, chicken for Lou. In the afternoon I took the car out to be washed. For dinner I made pork chops in Spanish rice.
Monday: (05/19) Lou had an appointment at noon. I made sausage, home fried potatoes and eggs for breakfast. Lunch was chicken from KFC, Dawn made lentil and ham soup for dinner.
Tuesday: (05/20) I had to rebuild the front entrance platform step. Some of the plywood had become delaminated. I had to shorten the step about five inches . Smaller will still be good. I also tinkered on the computer. We also order a new TV for Dawn from Walmart online which we should receive by Friday. I picked a nice bunch of berries and Lou and Dawn had leftover French toast and berries for breakfast. I had leftover sausage and potatoes for mine. For lunch I picked up a couple of chopped salads fro our local Corner Bakery restaurant. In the morning I started some beef in the slow cooker which became beef stroganoff on baked potatoes for dinner.
Wednesday: (05/21) I put a coat of paint on the front step platform that I rebuilt. Lou had an appointment at noon. I worked in the yard in the afternoon which included finishing another coat of paint on the step platform. In the evening i worked on setting up a new webserver to test web applications on. Breakfast was leftovers. Lunch and dinner were from LUU noodle House.
Thursday: (05/22) I took Dawn to an appointment in San Jose. We stopped for breakfast at La Victoria Restaurant in downtown SJ. I really like their breakfast burritos and their famous orange sauce. Lunch and dinner were leftovers. On the way home from SJ I stopped and did some final looking around for a new laptop for Lou and decided on an Asus windows 8 touch screen laptop. It cost less than $400 with tax and case. Lou’s old laptop was just too slow and I decided a new one would make her happier than just reinitializing her old one which had a bad wireless radio and was maybe 10 years old. She will hopefully adjust to the new ways of Windows 8.
Friday: (05/23) A hard morning of TV watching. Lou had an appointment in the afternoon. We were looking for Dawn’s new TV to arrive but it didn’t until just after we left for Lou’s appointment. In the evening i set it up to test but will have to wait to do the final setup until i can mak a stand for it and run a cable to it’s new home. Corned beef hash and eggs for breakfast. Leftovers for lunch. Green salad for dinner.
Saturday: (05/24) The usual Saturday shopping trip but I did it solo today. Leftovers for breakfast and lunch. Mac and cheese for dinner.
Sunday: (05/25) Ernie fired up his BBQ and we grilled a bunch of stuff. he filled his freezer. I did some pork and some dogs. I also started working on building new doors for the greenhouse. The old ones aren’t the right size and we need to seal it a bit more to keep critters out of it. The old doors were solid, the new will be 1/2 wire. In winter I’ll add plastic over the wire. I made a good breakfast of potatoes, sausage and eggs. Lunch was BBQ hotdogs and potato salad ala Dawn. Leftovers for dinner.
Monday: (05/26) Memorial Day. Thanks to all who served! I finished building the new door frames. I need to get some cold galvanizing spray to refinish at the welds and then add the wire. Cereal and yogurt for breakfast. Leftovers for lunch. KFC for dinner.
Tuesday: (05/27) Lou had an appointment in the afternoon. Cereal and yogurt for breakfast. Chicken with baked potato for lunch. leftovers for dinner.
Wednesday: (05/28) Lou had an appointment in the morning. I visited Harbor Freight and Orchard hardware while I waited. I picked up some cold galvanizing spray and a wire brush and finished the greenhouse door frames when I got home. Corned beef hash and eggs for breakfast. LUU noodle house’s chow fun and pad Thai with egg rolls for lunch. Pesto gnocchi with a four bean green salad for dinner.
Thursday: (05/29) and Friday: (05/30) So exciting I forgot what we did.
Saturday: (05/31) I did the Saturday morning grocery shopping. I spent much of the rest of the day atthe computer workign on websites. I’m having some dificulty moving this site to a new host so there may be some periods of outage for this website. Dawn and Courtney were busy with a game of minature golf. Donuts for breakfast. Leftovers for lunch. Chili beans, steak, and rice for dinner.
Sunday: (6/01) Dawn and I were busy cleaning the house. Fried eggs with chili beans and hashbrowns for breakfast. Leftovers for lunch.
Sunday, May 4, 2014
The Road Home
Monday: (05/05) We “enjoyed” the motel breakfast and hit the road to Big Bear City. Arriving at the Post Office in Big Bear City just after they opened at 0900, I picked up my bounce bucket and resupply box. Both, hopefully will be useful later. We then headed off down the hill through Lucerne valley and up to Tehachapi where we stopped at the Apple Shed for lunch. They have changed some since we last were there. The dining room is bigger and the gift shop smaller. They also added a salad and soup bar which we enjoyed for lunch. Off again and we stopped at the Harris Ranch Restaurant on Interstate Highway 5 near Coalinga for dinner. We eventually arrive in Palo Alto a little after 1900. Long drive, nice to be home, miss the trail though.
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Photos?
While I was waiting for my ride home I uploaded the photos from my camera. It’s all the photos taken, not the selected best. I’ll label and integrate them into the blog posts later.
PCT Hike Photos
PCT Hike Photos
Friday, May 2, 2014
Day 16, Down To Palm Springs, Mile 207
Saturday: (05/03) On the trail at 0620. My night was comfortable even though I slept next to a snow patch. I never heard it snore. It probably heard me. I had some trail mix for breakfast. Another 2+ miles down hill, on a much nicer trail than yesterday, brought me back to the main Pacific Crest Trail at mile 186.6.
About 0830 I stopped for a second breakfast. When I was at Idyllwild I stopped in a natural foods store for some electrolytes and they gave me a package of trail mix. Best I’ve had. Sprouted almonds, cashews, and pistachio nuts with dried mulberries and goji berries.. Made a nice breakfast. At 1030, about 1.5 miles after I exited the wilderness, I stopped for my lunch. Odd timing? I was hungry. My stove was nice enough to work so I had mashed potatoes with cheese and some jerky. As it turns out, that was it for dining until midnight, except for a little trail mix. Today was a long 22 mile hike down the mountain with some pretty good climbs as well. I still haven’t figured out why the trails go up so much to get down a mountain. Elevation wise, I came down 8000 feet today. When I was exposed enough at one of my rest stops, I called Lou. She is going to have surgery on her knee later this week or next so I decided to exit the trail here and head home. There have been lots of flowers along the trail like above right.
The hike has been rather plentiful with snakes but I didn’t stumble onto one on the trail myself until mile 199, above left. A nice rattler. I eventually convinced it to move off the trail. Above right is the mile 200 marker about 3/4 of the way down the mountain.
I arrived at the bottom in a tiny residential area called Snow Creek about 2000. The last 30 minutes were hiking with my headlamp. I stopped by a street sign with two street names and a house address so a taxi could find me. I reserved a room and then had an interesting time getting a taxi to come out of town so far to pick me up. Third time was the charm. I was dropped off at my motel at 2320. Actually, it was the motel that didn’t have a room, for me. For some reason I had the driver bring me there rather than the one that did have a room. Weekends are busy. Fortunately my motel was just a half mile down the road. On the walk there I stopped for dinner at Carrow’s Restaurant. Good thing too since they closed at midnight. I think the crews were already out rolling up the sidewalks here in Banning. I checked in to the motel and then reserved a room for tomorrow as well. Brother Ernie is picking me up. We’ll have to spend the night so I can stop in Big Bear City at the Post Office to get my resupply box and bounce bucket.
Even though it was late I did my wash and then took a bath. The mountain must be a little shorter since I came down with so much dirt. My feet really didn’t give me much trouble but I did get a few blisters and bruised several toenails. Looks bad but really no pain. 22 miles today.
About 0830 I stopped for a second breakfast. When I was at Idyllwild I stopped in a natural foods store for some electrolytes and they gave me a package of trail mix. Best I’ve had. Sprouted almonds, cashews, and pistachio nuts with dried mulberries and goji berries.. Made a nice breakfast. At 1030, about 1.5 miles after I exited the wilderness, I stopped for my lunch. Odd timing? I was hungry. My stove was nice enough to work so I had mashed potatoes with cheese and some jerky. As it turns out, that was it for dining until midnight, except for a little trail mix. Today was a long 22 mile hike down the mountain with some pretty good climbs as well. I still haven’t figured out why the trails go up so much to get down a mountain. Elevation wise, I came down 8000 feet today. When I was exposed enough at one of my rest stops, I called Lou. She is going to have surgery on her knee later this week or next so I decided to exit the trail here and head home. There have been lots of flowers along the trail like above right.
The hike has been rather plentiful with snakes but I didn’t stumble onto one on the trail myself until mile 199, above left. A nice rattler. I eventually convinced it to move off the trail. Above right is the mile 200 marker about 3/4 of the way down the mountain.
I arrived at the bottom in a tiny residential area called Snow Creek about 2000. The last 30 minutes were hiking with my headlamp. I stopped by a street sign with two street names and a house address so a taxi could find me. I reserved a room and then had an interesting time getting a taxi to come out of town so far to pick me up. Third time was the charm. I was dropped off at my motel at 2320. Actually, it was the motel that didn’t have a room, for me. For some reason I had the driver bring me there rather than the one that did have a room. Weekends are busy. Fortunately my motel was just a half mile down the road. On the walk there I stopped for dinner at Carrow’s Restaurant. Good thing too since they closed at midnight. I think the crews were already out rolling up the sidewalks here in Banning. I checked in to the motel and then reserved a room for tomorrow as well. Brother Ernie is picking me up. We’ll have to spend the night so I can stop in Big Bear City at the Post Office to get my resupply box and bounce bucket.
Even though it was late I did my wash and then took a bath. The mountain must be a little shorter since I came down with so much dirt. My feet really didn’t give me much trouble but I did get a few blisters and bruised several toenails. Looks bad but really no pain. 22 miles today.
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Day 15, Mt San Janciento, Mile 186.6
Friday: (05/02) Up at 0700. I went to breakfast at Jo-an’s restaurant. I was probably up too early because what I needed to do couldn’t be done until 0900. I finished restuffing my exploded backpack. I mailed off my bounce bucket to Big Bear City and my optional tent pole to home. My tent requires only one pole (side-side) for normal use. I bought the optional end-end pole which allows it to stand without tent stakes. I haven’t needed it, so off it went to reduce weight. I caught a ride from the Inn’s owner up to the trailhead at Humber Park.
It was about a 2.5 mile hike up the mountain from the trailhead to the Pacific Crest Trail and the North end of the closure.
I opted to take the alternate trail up to the Mt San Jaciento Peak. That was a tough trail section both because it was so much up and because the trail was way over grown and had so many loose large stones on the trail.
The last .3 mile was actually scrambling over boulders to the top, made even more interesting with my 60 pound backpack. Don’t get me wrong, it was worth it.
I arrived at the top around 1800 and enjoyed dinner with a 360 degree view. Unfortunately, I arrived as the earlier clear air was hazing up reducing the view. I should have moved faster. I then hiked down the mountain about 2 miles to a campground, of sorts. Dispersed camping isn’t allowed in this wilderness. The hike up to the peak was 4.5-5K feet. My camp GPS location was 33.81372, -116.68812. I would have preferred to have camped below snow level but it was 1930 already. The snow is only patches. My dinner was not cooked at the top because my stove wouldn’t light. I swapped out my used gas canister for a new one that may be a dud? 10.5 Miles today.
It was about a 2.5 mile hike up the mountain from the trailhead to the Pacific Crest Trail and the North end of the closure.
I opted to take the alternate trail up to the Mt San Jaciento Peak. That was a tough trail section both because it was so much up and because the trail was way over grown and had so many loose large stones on the trail.
The last .3 mile was actually scrambling over boulders to the top, made even more interesting with my 60 pound backpack. Don’t get me wrong, it was worth it.
I arrived at the top around 1800 and enjoyed dinner with a 360 degree view. Unfortunately, I arrived as the earlier clear air was hazing up reducing the view. I should have moved faster. I then hiked down the mountain about 2 miles to a campground, of sorts. Dispersed camping isn’t allowed in this wilderness. The hike up to the peak was 4.5-5K feet. My camp GPS location was 33.81372, -116.68812. I would have preferred to have camped below snow level but it was 1930 already. The snow is only patches. My dinner was not cooked at the top because my stove wouldn’t light. I swapped out my used gas canister for a new one that may be a dud? 10.5 Miles today.
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