May 20, 2026

Today I went up Dave Wood and hiked around a bit.  I was mostly looking for birds.  I had a hard time getting the Panasonic G97 to focus on them for some reason.  I missed a couple good shots of a Stellar Jay and a Woodhouse Scrub Jay.  I saw a big pile of bear scat down in the bottom.  How soon we forget the nastiness of oak brush and mountain mahogany.  I decided to head straight up the hill from the bottom on what used to be a 'sort of' trail.  It was nasty.  That stuff grabs your clothes like it has hands.  Coming down I decided to come down the fence line - I hadn't done that in years either.  I'll never do it again.  It too was overgrown and very hard to get through.  There was a bit of wandering around as parts were totally impassable.  Thank you Lord for the day out and the lesson in patience!  Panasonic G97