Rylan has been going on tons of outdoor events lately. Between Cub Scouting they've been doing for years and now stepping into Boy Scouting the outdoors opportunities are everywhere. Rylan and his oldest son are about to accompany a local troop canoeing down a nearby creek...

In the morning, we packed up camp, ate some oatmeal with our coffee and tea, and bid farewell to our short-term home in the woods. Before heading out, we snapped a great photo from our campsite looking out over the lake. This is definitely a place I would come back to.

This was also a great warm-up for my next trip in a week, where I'm headed back to the same general area, but heading into the Ansel Adams Wilderness within the Inyo National Forest. This trip, I will be taking my wife and my two oldest children, ages 13 and 11. Look for that trip report soon.

On Day 8 of a 16 day epic trip, we arrived at Sequoia National Park in California. By this point, we have driven almost 2,000 miles and had spent 3 days at the beach and 2 days at some of California's theme parks. It was time for a little relaxation and enjoying the great outdoors. This was to be the first trip to Sequoia by anyone in the family. We had no idea what to expect apart from seeing some of the largest trees in the world.

I've been updating some stuff on the web site and still moving over old podcasts from the old site when I ran across these videos.  Shug sent them over awhile back and they are worth checking out again.  He goes through many of the items he carries, gives us a little information on each and talks about some of the problems he has solved.  There are four in all and they are only a few minutes each.  If you don't have time to view them all, at least check out the first one.  He's a Hoot.
Thanks Shug!