Independence Day Weekend Activities

• Spent much of Friday helping the church clean the parking lot for sealing
• Lots of small projects around the house
• Jeep trip down Thumb Butte Loop to Copper Basin Road.
• We stopped to hike to Warden Cabin as marked on the map.  There wasn't a cabin at the map location but we saw a bunch of other stuff along the way.
• Another happy hour!
• Tried out the Type 24 at the range - it was keyholing badly so might need a trip to the gunsmith

Mining cabin along the hike

Mine shafts

Old windmill still standing

Perfect example of keyholing

Weekend Activities

• Elvis at Founding Fathers
• Hike to the Hot Shots Juniper
• Lovely dinner with friends

Hot Shots Juniper

View from the trail

Jeffrey Elvis

San Diego Trip - June 2025

Yet another trip to SD

• Stayed in OB - I have never spent much time in OB but it was pretty fun; lots of hipsters and hippies with an everlasting odor of pot but it was fun to spend a few days there
• I walked home from work one afternoon and it was very pleasant along Sunset Cliffs
• Met with Jaya and Noah to start planning their wedding
• Dinners at Hofmeister, Et Voila and OB street fair
• Work meeting at Point Loma mini golf and Old Town Tequila Factory
• The Santa Fe was having some wobble on the drive out so we took it OB Tire since I thought it might be a balance issue - they found one of the hubs was worn and replaced it - I highly recommend OB Tire

Rooftop of Jaya's building

OB street fair

Sunset cliffs

Point Loma Nazarene University

Adams St

OB Dog Beach

Father's Day Activities

• Another great happy hour
• Rotated the tires on all the cars - it is very nice to have a large garage with enough room to work
• Range time with a good friend - tried out the newly acquired MAS-36
• Did a short hike along the Noodle trail - quite hot this weekend
• Saw a fun duet at Founding Fathers and got a tour of their member's only speakeasy

MAS-36 ready to go

Cactus flowers along the Noodle trail

Turkey Family

Turkey family crossing the road

More Nukes!

I am glad to see the resurgence of nuclear power in this country.  California made a big mistake shutting down all their plants.

Old School Blogging

This blog has been going for almost 20 years now.  It seems that most of the original blogosphere has migrated to other platforms over the years, Facebook, Medium, YouTube, Substack, etc.  Lately, I have been searching old blogs and new to see how many are still ticking.  I have discovered a few that aren't just news feeds and have a good mix of personal, tech and current events.