by Allan | Jul 26, 2015 | 2015 Mountaintop PV Adventure
On Thursday Jeremiah ended work in mid-afternoon in order to hike to the top of Mount Blanco, a nearby peak of 12,280′ or so. I asked to go with him, and it gave us a chance to get to know each other better. He and Autumn, his wife, have a two-year-old and her...
by Allan | Jul 26, 2015 | 2015 Mountaintop PV Adventure
By the next day I found myself wondering if I’d just gotten to heaven without having to die first. This is intense land, much akin to parts of northern New Mexico, but higher and more extreme, with intense sun and intense storms. Breathtakingly beautiful in its...
by Allan | Jul 26, 2015 | 2015 Mountaintop PV Adventure
Sheesh, ten days since last post! OK, let’s do a bit of catch-up here. I managed to inadvertently give my camera to a street person in Eugene (by leaving it in a planter where I parked in front of the library) so photos are from phone and ipad in the...
by Allan | Jul 14, 2015 | 2015 Mountaintop PV Adventure
This was a deeply felt homecoming for me. I have identified with the Vietnam-era counterculture from my high school social misfit days on. My deeply-held values were formed in the fertile cauldron of post-hippie culture; even starting Positive Energy was an act...
by Allan | Jul 14, 2015 | 2015 Mountaintop PV Adventure
Next morning I rode up to Crater Lake National Park, reaping the reward of simply being on the planet for awhile as I flashed my new Golden Age Passport at the entrance station… I rode the long way around the lake, appreciating the bumpy original road even as I...
by Allan | Jul 9, 2015 | 2015 Mountaintop PV Adventure
I happened along this scene somewhere near Adin, California. The four horsemen of the apocalypse?? It appears to be someone’s gesture of support for the US Marines… hmmm…I happened along this scene somewhere near Adin, California. The four horsemen...
