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earth, wind, fire, and rain

jenyu — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:34:01 PDT

Recipe: blackened salmon sandwich My head bobbled about fighting sleep as the car raced through the desert night. I jolted awake with each giant bug that appeared as a flash in the headlights before smearing across the windshield with a loud thwack. It had been a long day of driving (western states are big), then [...]

not your ordinary sunday

jenyu — Mon, 21 May 2012 08:43:27 PDT

Butter headquarters is coming to you this morning from The Land of Enchantment – New Mexico! Jeremy has a meeting here and since we are fans of the multi-tasking, I suggested we stop in Albuquerque on the drive down, to… you know, SHOOT THE ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE?! Albuquerque was along that narrow swath to get [...]

california bonanza recap (loads of pics)

jenyu — Sat, 19 May 2012 19:14:26 PDT

I’m back home from our week-long trip to California, but just for a day or so. It’s enough time to wash (and snuggle) the dog, do laundry, unpack gear, repack gear, process photos, and get ready to hit the road. Oh, and maybe a little time to share the past week with you in photos [...]

you so mighty

jenyu — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:38:26 PDT

Chapter 2: After our weekend of wining and dining, Jeremy and I drove to Yosemite National Park for a quick 3-day backpack to Cloud’s Rest – the best 360° view of the park I have ever seen. I’ll be back with a proper post shortly. nevada fall in the distance half dome cloud’s rest benchmark [...]

in the land of whoa

jenyu — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:16:43 PDT

Recipe: chocolate gingerbread cookies This post is coming to you from sunny (and hot) California. More specifically, you could call it sunny, hot, gorgeous, delightful, mouth-watering, seductive Sonoma County (and a little Napa too). It’s been looking like this: vineyards wine tastings gardens dinner at redd (those are scallops – bloody awesome scallops) lovely grounds [...]