Steen's home of the certainly strange
This past weekend, we went up to go backpacking in the June Lake area. The idea was that we would hike over from the Rush Creek trail head to Thousand Island Lake, and then make our way back out the next day.
However, the hike was fraught with disaster, not least of which was taking the wrong turn to get to Thousand Island Lake. So instead we accidentally made our way up to Gem Lake. Continue reading “June Lake Debacle”
I could not recall ever replacing the battery in my 2000 Saturn, so therefore I must assume that battery was more than 10 years old when it started to die. As the battery was dying, weird things began to occur; the power windows fuse blew out, the speedometer stopped working, the check engine light came on, et cetera. I got a new battery and replaced all the fuses I could locate myself, but the speedometer still refused to work and the check engine light was still on. Continue reading “The General’s General Maintenance”
Doc and I have been learning to skateboard, which has been great fun. On two cheap boards which we got from yard sales, we’ve been skating around like wobbly dorks. It has been a lot of fun, and I have quickly fallen in love with skating. Piece-by-piece, we plan to upgrade every part of our boards with nicer components. Which of course brings to mind the paradox of Theseus’ ship. Continue reading “Skating Around”