Category: General
China Grade
So Kathie and I decided to go camping in Big Basin over the weekend (yes, in the rain). It was a blast. We learned just what level of grade you can pitch a tent on and still be comfortable. We learned how much “kindling” really is “included”. We learned that my hair really doesn’t let go of campfire smell. And I learned what coyote shit looks like (near miss…whew).
So after we had a nice hike to a cute little waterfall Sunday morning, we started heading out of the park and I decided we should lunch at China Grade. Well I remembered exactly where China Grade road was, but couldn’t find the spot. On the third mis-trek into the bush, I called Dad and asked if he could give any hints. He got us up farther to the top and we managed to find it from there. The rock’s still there. The face is still the same. Though any path that may have taken you from the rock to the face is totally overgrown, you basically have to go back to the road to get between the two. Unfortunately, I had forgotten a camera so there aren’t any pictures of the weekend, but I thought I’d offer up a couple more landmarks for anyone trying to find this spot.
Once on China Grade Rd it’s long ways up the mountain. You’ll pass Trey’s Ranch on your right. You’ll then pass a triple madrona (3 trees basically growing out of same spot) on your left. Then look for two wooden posts (6″ x 6″ x 2 ft tall) that mark an entrance to a “trail” on left. Park there (just room for one car). Just to the right of the “trail” you can go up to the rock. Or follow the “trail” (a bit overgrown) to get down to face.
Good fun.
Bootiful Fall in Kansas
It’s a pretty nice fall in Kansas so far. We had a cold streak for about a week, and then it warmed up. This weekend was absolutely perfect weather, and we did almost nothing to take advantage of it. Well, I mowed the yard, of course. We took a walk. The Baldwin Maple Leaf Festival was a week or two ago, and we missed it.
Been working on another website: Douglas County Bar Association. I couldn’t believe we didn’t have a website, so I put one together.
Cinnamon is doing okay. She seems like her old self except: tips head to the side almost always, demands expensive soft dog food, falls over occasionally when excited, farts a lot from the expensive dog food. But, she runs the yard like before, and likes to play keep-away with the tennis ball or chew-toy.
Interesting timing on a new judge’s slot opening up. I’m afraid I’ll have to go for it again, gang, but I expect it’ll be like always before. I just don’t have the connections.
Fall Has Fell
November 7, 2004
General
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John
Seems like there just hasn’t been much to write about, even though we’ve been through a heck of an election. Looks like we’re keeping Tweedle-Dum, after all. Those of us who make our living from oil are generally okay with that. I thought he’d lose. Maybe he’ll be better in his second term. Knock on wood.
Cinnamon still looks at you cockeyed. She reminds me of the RCA Victor dog, which is before the time of many people here. She falls over occasionally when distracted or over-excited. Still won’t eat her original Science Diet dry food. I got a bag of “tiny bites” Science Diet, which she’ll eat if soaked with water and topped with some of the canned glop. Changed from Pedigree to Science Diet canned, which has helped immensely with the gas problem.
Pretty much finished the Douglas County Bar Association website. A nice feature is the forum, which uses phpBB. However, I think the lawyers here are techno-phobes. Despite a mass email announcement about the site, hardly any of them have visited it. The forum is something I’d been thinking about for the Chappells site. But I think it would suffer the same fate as the lawyers forum.
Nice weather this weekend, but Becky came down with a cold. I think she’s trying to get it out of the way before Christmas. I was pretty much on the computer all day Saturday, doing various things ranging from finances to clients to website stuff; I didn’t check on plane tickets yet. Today I’m sharing Becky’s cold. I sent a family email about chappells.us which can be used instead of chappells.biz which still works, as well. I thought it would work for email, too, but apparently not, as the one I sent to john@chappells.us failed.