Author Archives: pete
Front Sight
I recently attended my first course at the Front Sight Firearms Training Institute about an hour west of Las Vegas. There was a short reference at the welcome talk to the sad situation in Connecticut the week before, but since … Continue reading
Bryce Canyon
Bryce Canyon deserves a post of its own. I reserved a full day, and that was barely enough to scratch the surface of this amazing landscape. The main geological feature is the “Hoodoo”, the name they give the sandstone spires. … Continue reading
Cool Geology in Utah
Too much traveling and not enough writing… In early December, I did a whirl-wind tour of four national parks in Utah. Of course, one could spend a lot more time exploring each of these, and I may come back to … Continue reading
Geek Gets Gardening
It took a long time before I had any interest in growing any food on my land. I live on the Monterey side of the mountain, so agriculture is all around, but I was focused north to Silicon Valley. I … Continue reading
Capitol Reef National Park I
I only had time to cover the Scenic Drive and Capitol Gorge Wash in the upper part of the park on Monday. It was getting dark on my way out. I plan to go back to see the famous “Waterpocket … Continue reading
Road Maintainence
One of the joys of living in an out of the way place is unpaved gravel roads and driveways. It’s good to have a pickup truck to haul the rock needed for repairs. Note that potholes look a lot bigger … Continue reading
Antelope Canyon
I don’t remember how I first heard about this place, but it has been on my photo safari list ever since. Made from sandstone and carved by millions of years of desert flash floods, the upper and lower Antelope Canyons … Continue reading
Lake Powell
More photos from my recent Arizona trip. Most of Lake Powell is actually in Utah, but I was staying in Page, where I planned to take a photo tour of Antelope Canyon. At first I was really annoyed that the … Continue reading
Horseshoe Bend
There are some truly amazing photos of this place on the web. The one on the Colorado River in Arizona, not the battle site in Alabama. The spot you need to stand to get the whole bend is quite spooky, … Continue reading
Quick change water pump
When I first moved here, there was a large steel water tank on a concrete slab. A nice start for a good water system, but with only gravity feed, it has to be 3/4 full to get usable water pressure. … Continue reading