Marisa and I are now in Oakland at the Quality Inn, near the airport (room 112 ( Read more... )

Planning for my sabbatical has started in earnest ( Read more... )

Marisa and I drove to Los Banos, California from Lancaster this morning. No issues. Nice weather. A couple of rest stop visits along the way. A tractor trailer rig attempted to pass on a two lane highway just as the vehicle in front of us turned left. The rig never completed the maneuever and there was an oncoming vehicle, so I sped ahead. ( Read more... )