January 4, 2018
Utilizing Dr. Pat Abbott's new book about the geology of Mission Trails Regional Park, we went exploring, look at rocks with new eyes. These very interesting rocks were mentioned in the book, and are not IN MTRP, but instead are on Navajo Road.
January 5, 2018
Today I went geocaching in that canyon south of H Street in Chula Vista. There is actually water in the crick right now! Here are a few pictures I took, mostly at a particular spot with soothing riparian sounds.
Trying to get a good angle on the creek.
Well, that's not TOO bad. Too many tumbleweeds, though!
Zoomed in on the creek by the tumbleweeds.
This is a few feet east of the tumbleweeds.
Looks like the water is undercutting the bank. I can't tell what is reflection and what is not.
Is that a trail over there? I don't think I'd care to walk on that!
January 7, 2018
I went for my first "ride" of the New Year, down to the Costco area to check on something.
Well, there we have some variegated leaves on some mysterious plant.
Upon arriving at home I found I traveled a whole 3.35 miles. Wow!
January 8, 2018
On an impulse I drove out to Santee to find a puzzle geocache I had solved, and then on even more of an impulse I headed to Poway, of all places, to find another puzzle geocache I had solved, and to not find one, too. It started drizzling while I was exploring the Poway Creek bank.
January 9, 2018
We had some rain and some wind the past few days. Four palm fronds fell from the accursed (I shoulda killed it when it was only five feet tall) palm tree.
The jade plant is flowering.
Lots of dead ivy (I hates it!) on the accursed palm tree. Hey, there's my weather station!
A more better picture of the jade plant.
The orchids, well, at least one of them, have a flower going on.
Is it windy? Looks windy!
I wonder how much it would cost the landlord to make this accursed tree disappear?
January 11, 2018
Lots of noise today as these two helicopters flew around the area, covering a police chase, it turned out.
January 12, 2018
We went to the Marshal South house in Anza Borrego State Park, this is a sundial there.
The remains of the adobe house. The adobe is not protected by plaster, so it is melting when it rains.
Here is a panorama I took on the hike returning to the car.
January 13, 2018
This evening we were looking all over for the mayonnaise. I SWORE I had put it back into the refrigerator, why oh why is it not there, or AT LEAST on the counter. My daughter finally suggested we check here.
MISC.
These pics have no date, so I'm not sure when they were taken. This is a ham radio antenna I saw while driving back from Windmill Farms. I took this image from Google Streetview. That crooked antenna element, does that throw off the radiation pattern?
I saw this stuff at Windmill Farms, but the image is from Amazon.com. I wonder how it works?
I saw this image in a forum post on Facebook. It is of a flooded El Estero lake in Monterey, California. Unfortunately, it is not dated, but I would say 1940s or early 50s, as Dennis the Menace Playground (opened 1956) doesn't seem to be built yet. Or it's under water!
Another link to Dennis the Menace Playground, 'cause it was so cool.
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