Stand up for California parks day

Today, the California State Parks Foundation hosted its 8th Annual Park Advocacy Day at the Capitol with hopes of persuading lawmakers to end the cuts to state parks and find alternative funding ideas.

More than 150 showed up the the all-day event according to the California Parks Foundation Web site.

Though not as many took up [...]

In a word: Kachingle

With the exception of the light whoosh of an off-shore wind when you’re paddling out or the patter of snow flakes on the roof of a tent before a big back country day in fresh powder… there is nothing better than a little  Kachingle.

What is Kachingle? Well the sound of money dropping into a piggy [...]

Sur la Table

Sometimes places close to home can surprise you.

With the hubbub from Super Bowl XLIV floating in the Lodi air, Natalie and I decided we wanted to leave the world of over priced t.v. ads, greasy-fried foods and popularized sports behind us.

I looked briefly at trails.com for inspiration on a [...]