– Cool, crisp drinking water – Smiles from my grandmother – My health
Gratitude List 01/05/17
– Rain – Podcasts to listen to for long drives – Time with my Grandmother Edith Jacobsen
Gratitude List 01/04/17
– Warm cuddles from my kids – Time for reading a good book – Hot, buttered coffee
Gratitude List 01/03/2017
-Opportunities to connect and reconnect with people I care about -Opportunities for learning new skills -Time
Four Wheeling with my Diesel/Veggie Oil Suburban in Lockwood Valley
It amazes me how large four wheel drive vehicles can crawl over obstacles when given enough ground clearance and traction!! I had spend the night on a solo hunting trip for the last few days of deer season in Lockwood Valley, CA. Trying to cover as much ground as possible to see the local terrain, Read More …
Scouting/Hunting Trip 11/01/2016
So I got an email from Netflix last week about the release of Steven Rinella’s show: MeatEater on Netflix. This was followed with a couple of days of binge watching seasons 5 & 6 of MeatEater—reminding me of the highs and lows of last October’s deer hunt in Utah. Back in June, I had decided Read More …
2016 Ventura County Search & Rescue All County Training Event 10/29/2016
Every year the 7 Search and Rescue Teams in Ventura County get together to to a joint training exercise. We are blessed to have seven teams, each with their own specialty or specific region within the county. Three are mountain rescue teams, based in Upper Ojai, Fillmore and Thousand Oaks. The county also has a Read More …
10 Things I Do Everyday For My Personal Wellness
Recently I was asked for a list of 10 things that I do daily for my overall Health & Wellness. It was relatively easy to document, but as I thought about it, the main reason an “Every Day” series of actions is important is because of its compounding results. Think about it: we know we Read More …
VCSAR Tracking at night with NVGs 09/10/16
We spent the evening at the King Gillette Ranch, next to Malibu Creek State Park. Having special permission from the State Park Service to be there after closing so that we could practice tracking at nighttime. Our team had been issued 2 sets of ex-military Night Vision Goggles (NVGs). I found that I could put Read More …
Standup Paddleboarding with my friend Pema 07/29/16
One of the benefits of living in Southern California is the ability to visit the mountains and the ocean in the same day!! After going for a hike in the morning, I went Stand Up Paddleboarding (SUP) in Escondido Canyon Beach, where there is a gentle surf entry and a slight eastern wind/current that carried Read More …