Abandoned

Although the title applies to Bodie, a California gold rush ghost town, it could also be applied to this blog. Things have languished around here a bit of late, due largely to an overload of stuff to do at work and play.

On the play side, S and I just got back from a week in the eastern Sierras where half a day at Bodie was one of the highlights. As I get a free slot or two I'll post some more on the overall trip but suffice it to say we had a great time, enjoying 90 degree temperatures one day and ending up in a snowstorm two days later. Oh, and had three earthquakes within one fifteen minute spell just to remind us that we were still in California. Over the course of the trip we did about 1,720 miles, including some mild off-roading. (Kudos to Toyota for the Tacoma pickup because it turned out to be a very comfortable ride for the on-road bits and very capable for the off-road sections.)

Am presently in Tokyo, back at the weekend; posting will therefore continue to be a bit erratic!

Nap Time

We're going to take a couple of days off and head down to Carmel for a short break. It's already been a long year so far, and with so much going on at work then now is a great time to recharge the batteries a little bit before the next quarterly push.

Carmel, whilst being unremittingly touristy and twee, is nevertheless reasonably quiet this time of year and if the weather gods smile upon us we may actually be early enough that we'll get some sun to warm my aging bones rather than just being chilled to the marrow by the fog that hangs over there in the summer months. We are staying just two nights, but it is at one of the downtown hotels so we can stroll around and pretend that we really could afford to live there if we wished but we just don't choose to do so. Yeah, right.