Kings Canyon

The Lyquid Amber concert went well on the 27th and a day after that Abby and me drove up to Kings Canyon to have a getaway for a night.


The trip up the mountains is beautiful and the blue sky was stunning.


Talk about trees, big trees, big, big trees, some of them over 2000 years old. That’s got to make you humble to meet the oldest living beings on the planet!


One tree that fell down was hollow and used as a stable in old western times, as well as a Saloon:)


Feels good to be out there together...


We had to get some duckfeet:) They were high tech and I thought about the indians and how they had snowshoes forever.


I need to touch him/her/it!


After a wonderful dinner we went back to our room and played cards until late.

Leaving Seattle

Leaving Seattle this time was more complicated than I anticipated and due to the heaviest winter in 50 years I postponed my departure day by day. Finally I just had to drive to meet up with my family in California. So One last look into the backyard...


I’ve never seen such big icicles in Seattle. The same was on the street inches of ice beneath a snow cover. I reached Tacoma before my chains broke and messed up my tires. After replacing the tires I still could not find any chains. Going back to Seattle was out of the question so I drove further South through Portland. What a mess, I should not have done that but...keep on driving...


I made it to a little village in Oregon where I stayed the night. That was my first Christmas eve all by myself in a motel with Chinese take out and three bottles of Arrogant Bastard Ale. The next day I still had to get over the Siskiyous Pass which was chains only! With the help of Abby and Evo on the internet I found a little gas station that had a few pairs left so I was good to go.


After I entered Northern California the snow went away but there were heavy cloud on the horizon being up to no good!

It took until late night before I reached Fresno close to midnight on Dec 25th. What a start!