The next day we headed into Joshua Tree NP. We hit the ranger station first and got some info on hikes and Jr. Ranger books for the girls. Then we headed in. We did a couple short hikes before lunch: the Hidden Valley Loop and the Barker Dam Loop. Both were nice and we saw…
A Trip to Death and Trees – Part 3
We packed up camp the next morning, the girls became Jr. Rangers at Death Valley (#40 something), and we drove out a different way then we came into the park. We went to the sand dunes and played in that a little, and then headed to Mosaic Canyon to do a hike. This was a…
Making It So: A Memoir – a book review
So, I just finished listening to Sir Patrick Stewart read his memoir “Making It So: A Memoir”. It was awesome. (I will do my best to keep this spoiler free) I want to start by saying that if you are a fan of Sir Patrick on Broadway, in the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), on Star…
A Trip to Death and Trees – Part 2
The next day we decided to head to “The Racetrack”. This is where the rocks move on their own and lave tracks behind them. I had heard about this before and wanted to see it if we could. What I didn’t realize was that it was a drive to get there. First it was about…
A Trip To Death and Trees – Part 1
This last week has been my spring break from school. It happens to also one up with one of my girls weeks of spring break. This is the first time this has happened in I think 5 years. So, we decided, months ago, to travel as a family for the week. And we decided to…
Live Online is Dragging Me Down
Ever since the pandemic starting in Spring of 2020 I have been teaching at least 1 class as a live online physics class. For those that don’t know what that is here you go. It is where the students have to log into a live class using Webex (Like zoom or google chat) and we…
Music of the Month – February
The music app I use on my phone Musicolet has started giving me a “Most played” list at the end of each month. So I thought I would let you all know what I listened to the most in February. This seems pretty spot on. I like that I had a Wallace And Ladmo song…
Oh well – the result I didn’t want yet
So it was “Super Tuesday” the other day, and it regretfully went as I expected, but didn’t hope for. If you live under a rock, live in another country (that’s you bro), or just don’t care I will let you know what happened. Trump won pretty much everything, and Ms. Haley has dropped out. The…
Bicycle and Insurance Update
Things are almost over. I had physical therapy yesterday again and the person was ok with me not coming back. I have no pain in the shoulder so no concerns there. So, that meant I talked the insurance adjuster today and he and I settled up on the medical side of things. I am going…
Investing In My Kids’ Future Education
My wife and I decided when we had kids that it was important to us that we start investing (saving) money for our kids so they would have access to some funds when they finally went off to college. We opened 529 accounts with our financial institution and started setting aside money for them as…