Category Archives: History

Breathe In the Park

I wake up at 530am with cramps, and Caleb is feeling competitive this morning, so he rises with a sickness. We won’t know that just yet, though. It presents with a sense of exhaustion, so it could just be jet … Continue reading

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From Bridge to Harbour in Sydney

I wake at 1030pm and 230am again, but sleep till 4am while dreaming about eating snacks in an empty house with Zeus (my favorite golden doodle). I read a bit from Behave by R.M. Sapolsky before remembering that writing during … Continue reading

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A Sydney Point of View

The good thing about being up before the sun is the ability to watch it light up the sky and transform the landscape. I’m not sure there was a temperature difference between walking to Mrs Macquarie’s Chair and leaving the … Continue reading

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Can I Get a Ride?

After we pack up camp, we stop at the Tioga Gas Mart, but are saving our appetites for lunch in Bishop at Erick Schat’s Bakkerÿ. Then Caleb can introduce his sister to the Manzanar National Historic Site, which I visited … Continue reading

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The Cat and the Cradle

Caleb is up around 4 am after the rain and makes me a sweet coffee when I get up. We grabbed our raincoats and would’ve made the bus had I not seen a snail and needed to photograph it. I … Continue reading

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