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I took advantage of the metropolis and hotel last night, stocking up at the very groovy new New Leaf Community Market (the co-op was way too far) in Santa Cruz.  Tons of vegan goodness and all in my tummy now. Checking the news and weather sites was less heartening.  The major Pacific storm is supposed [...]

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Gene and I rolled up and got out of camp fairly early.  My morning is more complicated than his as I have to roll up a full tent, sleeping bag, tent footprint, and sleeping pad and pack them carefully in my panniers.  He just rolls up his tube shelter and puts a couple things in [...]

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I’m writing this during a power outage in a hotel in Santa Cruz.  Things have changed but I will try to keep this as in the moment that it refers to as possible. From what I remember (as everyone else who has done this thing has already noted, things blur very rapidly,) this was a [...]

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I had a great dinner in camp last night, inspired by the arroz con gandules that my friend Lizz’s mom and grandmother make.  A previous resident of the hiker/biker site had left some cans of tiny baby peas.  I threw those in with some rice and salsa and I cooked some salsa and Mexican squash [...]

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