A shave and a necktie.

All I have to do is shave and put on a necktie. I can survive that. I'll attend a wedding over the weekend and then we get to go camping! One day of wedding in exchange for one night camping. I haven't been camping since a trip to Death Valley several years ago.

Mosaic canyon

The Artist's Palette

 

The Red Cathedral in Golden canyon

 A raven patiently waits for something to die at the Death Valley dunes.

It'll be good to get out of the city and see the Milky Way. It's been a long time since I got to see the night sky without a bunch of light pollution.

The moon over Furnace Creek

And see some of the critters that inhabit the night.

A coyote slinking around Furnace Creek

And a coyote just ain't complete without a roadrunner.

(I learned that from Looney Tunes)

Wait for the shake!

I recently got an email from the campus police about earthquakes. Was that what those were?!? This is the Oakland-Bay Bridge nearly 20 years ago. I was living on the peninsula in October of 1989. Now that was an earthquake. I have pictures of the Marina in San Francisco and the I-80 freeway in Oakland here someplace.

I feel pretty good today. I've had two whole nights of sleep and I've managed to eat something three days in a row!