Literally.
Tom of Two-Heel Drive has just completed a move from his mountain top lair above Santa Clara Valley to a location in the valley and closer to his work. After a brief break from blogging he is back with a series of posts.
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Two Oaks, Spring. Calero Hills, California. March 18, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)
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The 2006-07 rainy season in California has been something of a bust. From the Central California coast to the Sierra Nevada, we seem to have received about 50-60% of normal precipitation. We had above normal precipitation during the previous two seasons, so it seems that the climatological pendulum is swinging back the other way.
News reports [...]
Back in August I wrote about my search for a vehicle to replace my Dodge Durango. The Durango was a great vehicle for travel to the Sierra and beyond in all seasons - with four-wheel drive it could get me through snow and dirt/gravel roads, it was large enough to carry a bunch of fellow [...]
I just found a neat little video about the work of the road crew as they plow across the Olmsted Point area above Tenaya Lake: http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/upload/olmstedplowing.mov
(Meanwhile, my thoughts are turning towards Death Valley… :-)
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Spring begins and many of us start to speculate on this years opening date for Tioga Pass Road. The Park Services maintains a web page (Tioga Road Opening and Closing Dates) that offers some guidance, but in the end it depends on a bunch of variables.
According to this record, the earliest date has been April [...]
It is a special time of year for this college faculty member… the week before finals. I’m buried under papers that demand to be read and graded. Now. So, despite the beautiful spring weather I’m staying indoors and trying to avoid too many distractions until I finish.
I keep reminding myself that after finals I [...]
Actually, he outed himself. (Hey, if I had done what he did I think I’d want to take credit, too! :-)
Read more at Yosemite Blog or read the first person account:
The Snowmen Maker Reveals Himself.
So if you’re curious about the snowmen that mysteriously appeared on the Yosemite Association webcam one day in early March you’re [...]
Oak Branches. Calero Hills, California. March 18, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)
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E85 Fuel. Why?
I keep hearing about the E85 (corn based) fuel in discussions of global climate issues. But I don’t understand why.
I do understand that biofuels would reduce the need to import foreign oil. I also understand the concerns about converting food-producing cropland to the production of oil. But the biggest disconnect for me is understanding how [...]