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Metal Monday

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Gregor Mackintosh of Paradise Lost @ 2017 Gefle Metal Festival

Stormy Lake Tahoe

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Lake Tahoe (April 2015)

Etna Mountain

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Mt. Shasta in the distance on the right

AKA Mount Etna, but not to be confused with the volcano in Italy, is on the left. This photo was taken near the PCT before we descended to Upper Ruffey Lake (barely visible in the foreground on the right).

Throwback Thursday

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Mercyful Fate in Sacramento (exactly 39 years after the release of Melissa)

Happy Sunday

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Mission Basilica San Juan Capistrano, California (December 2019)

Maybe I did a report on the swallows returning to San Juan Capistrano when I was a kid growing up in California?

Lower Ruffey Lake

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Lower Ruffey Lake from Upper Ruffey Lake (June 29, 2025)

We did much of this trail 10 years ago, but on that occasion we went to Smith Lake. This time we made a left off of the PCT and descended into the partial caldera that includes Upper Ruffey Lake draining into Lower Ruffey Lake below. We didn’t walk down to Lower Ruffey Lake.