I took my children to the San Diego Natural History Museum today,  and as we were wandering through an exhibit about water,  I came across a display illustrating the sea windmills that are being developed in England.  These underwater windmills were generating power using the tidal current generated twice a day by the moon.
The concept [...]

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Backpacking at 7
•    Means collecting 5 lbs of pretty rocks to bring home to family and friends, and stashing them in your backpack and carrying them home without a peep to your unsuspecting Dad.

•    Means loving Top Ramen like it a a gourmet meal, and asking why we never have such good food at home.
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I have been busy over at BackPackGearTest.org writing  reviews of some of the gear I have been testing.
I just completed a test series on a great eVent bivy sack made by Big Agnes
Read about it here:  BA Three Wire Bivy
I have been testing a unique alcohol stove for about a month now made by a [...]

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Rick from SD Kayak Adventures just emailed me to let me know that he is merging his shop with The Anglers Yak Shack under the banner of the rapidly emerging Southern California Kayak Fishing powerhouse OEX.
This partnership will bring together Ocean Kayaks, and Wilderness Systems Kayaks under one roof,  and expand the selection of SD [...]

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While it is “off-season” for the waterfalls in San Diego County, I took a quick overnight trip to the Three Sisters falls with my father over the weekend.  We decided to take this trip at the last minute, and I called the Palomar Ranger Station to secure permits on Friday afternoon.  The Rangers were very [...]

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At the base of the Tioga Pass a few hundred yards from Highway 395, and just down the road from Lee Vining is a very improbable gourmet restaurant.  I say improbable,  because it is located in the Tioga Gas and Gift Mart,  and it has fantastic food.  San Diego Native Matt Toomey has created this [...]

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President Bush lifted a Presidential ban on offshore oil drilling yesterday as reported by  dan’s outside
and an article in the San Diego Union Tribune.  Fortunately Congress still has a ban in place, so we are not in anydanger of having oil rigs sprouting off of La Jolla.
What this really does is clarify where our president [...]

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My wife Perri and I headed up the Rush Creek trail early one evening while camping at the Silver Lake Campground on the June Lake Loop in the Eastern Sierras. The Rush Creek trail begins at the Pack station across from Silver Lake, and cuts across a ridge going south. You pass through [...]

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I am back from a wonderful 2-week sojourn in the Sierra Nevada’s with family and friends. I had a great time and have some stories to tell, so stay tuned as I settle back into home life, and I will update you on our trip.

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