Happy Holidays! These Winter Holidays are going to be a bit of a rough ride for the Boicourt Family. It seems that a poor investment decision was made by Yours Truly on September 25, 2020 when I liquidated ALL of our assets and bought Evergrande stock at $3.99 per share. As of closing on Friday, […]
Read more "And Now A Special Report: Help me, help you! (December 18, 2021)"Following my Trail Report on Angels Landing (in Zion National Park), I thought it only fitting to report on a recent visit to another angel, Angel Island, located in San Francisco Bay. In order to visit the island, travel to Tiburon, California and take the ferry. If you are lucky enough to have a camping […]
Read more "Trail Report: Angel Island (January 10, 2022)"This Trail Report is dedicated to Bob Cantrell. Bob was a faithful and supportive reader who loved our National Parks. Greetings readers and welcome to this special edition of “Trail Reports” – “A Bike Trail Report”. I recently made what has become a frequent pilgrimage to the natural cathedral known as Yosemite Valley along with […]
Read more "A Bike Trail Report: The Most Sublime Bike Path in the World (April 3, 2022)"I was happily and willingly indoctrinated at the Claremont Graduate University in a learning theory known as Piaget’s Constructivist Theory. It states that as people experience their world they incorporate new information into their pre-existing knowledge. This is achieved by making new connections between what is already known and what is new. Making new connections […]
Read more "Trail Report: Connection and Classification (May 21, 2022)"With my next hike I will have completed the goal of hiking every inch of the John Muir Trail. I realize now that this has been a somewhat selfish pursuit. It is during times like these that I am wont to consult my “Karma Meter”. You have a “Karma Meter” too. Allow me to explain […]
Read more "And Now A Special John Muir Trail Report: “Karma” (June 5, 2022)"Greetings readers! Welcome to the final Trail Report! With the completion of the above hike, I have now set foot on each and every section of the John Muir Trail (JMT). What took The Niece less than three weeks and 235 miles took me (her uncle) three summers and 400 miles. I would not have […]
Read more "A Final John Muir Trail Report: “Wrapping Up with The Niece and The Neighbor” (June 14, 2022)"
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