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Old Time-y fun

So I have this little radio that I bought at Amazon Prime.

It’s a cheap little radio, a TRANSISTOR radio I suppose. It only has AM/FM. It has a telescoping antenna. It fits in the palm of your hand. To change stations you have to manual tune with a dial.

As I play with the little radio, that Yum has affectionately dubbed ‘Buddy’, a wave of memories washes over me.

I’m reminded of my youth (which is loooooooooong gone now) as I had a little transistor radio like this new one. I used to stay up late at night and tune in to KFOG, giggling to the Dr Demento show under my sheets. I remember laying in my sleeping bag at night up in Yosemite, fascinated that I could tune in to AM stations as far away as Seattle or San Diego. I remember placing my little radio next to my tape recorder, using the cassette deck’s built in mic to record my favorite songs. I remember the cheap, half broken, held together with duct tape radio I had when I lived in Long Beach. At the time, it was my only source of entertainment. I used to place the radio in my window sill and listen to jazz.

Yum plays with the new radio and remembers the good ol’ days, before the world went and got itself in a big ol’ hurry.

I love this new little radio. I’m looking forward to bringing it to Yosemite later this month.

I should have bought two.

Yosemite and stuff

Last Wednesday Yum and I drove up to Wawona campground in the southern part of Yosemite to meet my dad.

After setting up our tent to drove up to Glacier Point for some spectacular pics.

We camped out Wednesday night next to the river, and I fell asleep listening to the roar of the rapids near our tent.

The next day Yum and I drove down to the valley and snapped some more photos. We had coffee at Curry Village and grabbed some sandwiches at Degnan’s Deli in Yosemite Village. The valley was sooo crowded! The waterfalls were awesome.


Look at all that water under Swinging Bridge.

We left for the high country, driving up Tioga Pass road. More pics.

It began to snow. I started to get a little worried, since we were driving the Yaris and didn’t have 4 wheel drive or chains. We cut our trip short and decided to get out of the mountains before we got stuck.

Out the eastern exit of the park and down to highway 395. Yum persuaded me to drive south a bit to the June Lake Loop, since I’ve never been there.

I was impressed. I didn’t expect to find places like that in the eastern Sierras. Lots of snow and pine trees and water and creeks and lakes. Very nice.

I napped while Yum drove us to Minden.

Then we took highway 50 home.

Lots of new red ink for our map of California. Some pics here!

Yet another site redesign–featuring donkeys!

I’m using the new version of WordPress. And I finally figured out how to use widgets. But I’m still using the same header image, because last time I changed it Dave got mad at me. And I like tagging my posts. Overall there are a lot more gadgets for me to play with, and that makes me happy.

And now, for your viewing pleasure, a picture of a donkey.
Um, hello.

While we’re on the subject of donkeys–did you know that donkeys are my favorite animal? It’s true. When I was a little boy my favorite donkey was Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh. And last time I went to Disneyland (6 years ago) I saw some worker-person dressed up in an Eeyore costume. I flipped the fuck out, dropped my things, and ran towards him/her shouting “Eeyore!!!”

Remember the Shrek movies? My favorite character? Donkey!

And when we were kids our parents would take us over to the stables in Yosemite Valley. I always wanted to ride donkeys, not horses.

Best donkey commercial ever.

Best YouTube donkey ever.

When Yum and I moved into our new apartment I happened to look over the fence. What did I see? Two miniature donkeys in a field! It was a sign. I was meant to live here.

I love donkeys, and I don’t care who knows!