Category Archives: Personal history

The set of blogs devoted to this topic will, when complete, amount to an autobiography of sorts

California, September, 2017 – Part 1

Posted on September 20, 2017 by

On September 1, 2017, Kathy and I left New Mexico for southern California, to participate in the annual Hammerlee family beach reunion. As in recent years, we occupied the Raccoon group site at Carpinteria State Beach, which State Beach is … Continue reading →

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The Salt River, AZ , Part 1, March 20-22

Posted on April 18, 2017 by

A combination of low water years and no success in the annual lottery kept us away from our second most favorite river in Arizona for 7 years. We had first run the 52 mile Salt River Canyon in 1982, and … Continue reading →

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Ski Trip with the Levys, Tahoe Donner, 4-3 to 4-7, 2017

Posted on April 11, 2017 by

On April 3, Kathy and I flew into Reno, and rented a car for the drive uphill to Tahoe Donner, a subdivision of expensive vacation homes where Kathy’s daughter Laina and family were spending Spring Break at their rented “ski … Continue reading →

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Bay Area Shore Birds, 11-16

Posted on December 5, 2016 by

While Kathy and I were in the Bay Area, visiting our families over the Thanksgiving holiday, my son Ethan and wife Flo presented me with an early X-mas present: a Nikon Coolpix P900 Superzoom camera! Up till now, I have been using the … Continue reading →

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Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, Pyramid Lake, NV – Nov. 19 to 21, 2016

Posted on December 4, 2016 by

Click on the link if you are not seeing the full post. Ethan and I got in a long weekend at Pyramid Lake, prior to the Thanksgiving holiday. We again stayed at Crosby’s, in Sutcliffe, which is about as convenient … Continue reading →

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Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

Posted on November 1, 2016 by

Kathy and I visited Sequoia National Park in 2007. We visited again this Fall (9-16), and added a visit to the adjacent Kings Canyon National Park. We first drove the long, narrow and windy road to Mineral King, which neither of … Continue reading →

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The Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Fall 2016 – #3

Posted on October 26, 2016 by

Part #2 ended with Bedrock Rapid, Mile 131. This 3rd and final part begins with Deubendorff Rapid, Mile 132. The links to Parts #1 and #2 are to be found at the end of this post. Day 13 (con’t.) At … Continue reading →

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