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Campout Spring 2010
We had a wonderful, but short, weekend at the Adventure Guides Spring Campout. As last year, we were at Camp Jones Gulch, near La Honda in the Santa Cruz Mountains. But this time, for the first time...
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Salmon Sky
Last October, I was privileged enough to help host a star party at a local elementary school. One of the astronomers that was setting up next to me gestured toward the western sky and commented about...
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Wrapping up tonight and the wind outside is picking up. I stepped outside moments ago and the rain is just starting to come down a light rain, as if it is hesitating to drive down through restless...
View ArticleNon Rain at Mt. Madonna
We went for a quick, two night camping trip to Mt. Madonna County Park, in the Santa Cruz Mountains between Watsonville and Gilroy. It was a second annual group trip organized by Cheryl Collett,...
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Rainwater Harvesting
Part of the landscape project includes a system that will harvest rainwater. Yes, I realize that water from the pipe is cheap and it will be decades before we recoup the cost of installing this...
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Water Tank Install
The water tank arrived at the house safely the other day. There's a picture of it above, next to the house. Earlier today, I pulled it out to clean it up and rinse out the inside. The image below...
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Water Tank is Placed
You can see from the image above that the water tank has been placed into its final spot, where it will live to collect and retain rain water in the coming wet months. The octagon retaining wall was...
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A Weekend of Storms and Rainwater
Here is my latest installment of my new toy, our rain water catchment system. Late last week, I scrambled to get the line from the supply pipe connected to the water tank, because there was a good,...
View ArticleRainwater Catchment, but No Rain
I have the rainwater catchment system all set up and eager to receive the free bounty from the skies this winter. But wait, is it really winter? This time of year, we should be getting at least a...
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Cowell Redwoods Hike
There are almost too many great places in the bay area to explore, many of them really close to home. The northern California coast is only one of two places in the world that redwood forests exist,...
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