Ed Gordon memorial video

More Bear Photos

 
 

Even closer! Look at those feet!

Bearfore and after

Picnic time for Big Black Bears








Pickup time for April







(make sure and click on the photo of the bear for the full sized shot. He's BIG!)

Millpond Music Festival

 
Last weekend, we hitched up the Bambi and headed to Bishop for three days of camping, jamming and fun:


Click a pic for the full screen slide show with captions. (the new "improved" version of picasa web albums doesn't let me post it the way I used to)

Water dog!

 

Deer in the daylight

 
Hunting season opens this weekend. I'll be wearing my bright colors in the woods.

Reflections

 
This was shot a couple of days ago from the bridge.

Bear snubs dumpster

No good eating in the dumpster this morning, apparently.

Fritzi Meets the Mule

 
Two long-eared creatures.

Rubber Ducky Races

 
 
 
 

Our duck didn't win.

Carson on Rhythm

 
Back in Kernville, Friday night at the Brewery, Josh on uke, and Carson with the shaker.

Rat Cat Dog

 
There's a fellow who wanders along State Street in Santa Barbara with his animals: a cat that rides on the back of a dog, and a rat that rides on the back of the cat. It's quite a sight...

(blurry photos courtesy the iPhone)

Santa Barbara

 
All-in-all, we had a pretty good time in Santa Barbara. Aileen's visit to the Sansom clinic went well. But my camera batteries died so this little slice of the historic El Paseo is all I have to offer.

Dogs at the Diner

 
We went to Cheryl's for breakfast one morning, and everyone on the patio had a dog.

Fritzi and Spider

 
Fritzi in a t-shirt.
 
Spider without fur.

The Gordons ca. 1967

Dad's memorial celebration will be held on the 28th of September in LA at the Lonnie Chapman Group Repertory Theater; let us know if you want to come. Meanwhile, here's a picture of the entire family ca. 1967. That's Josh on the left, Mom, Alex in Mom's lap, Peter, and Dad with the sword. All the young boys with all the hair!

Look how big Fritzi is...

 
 

A lovely sunrise over Bull Run

 

July in Kernville

And this is a (better late than never) slideshow of our time there:

July 2008 Kernville

as usual, click on the photo then click slideshow.

Bears!

I know it's blurry and dim, but it's a BEAR rummaging through our trash.

(As has been pointed out, this isn't a very bear-proof dumpster.)

I'm the Earth Science Picture of the Day

Earth Science Picture of the Day

Full moon over Bull Run

This is a capture from the web cam!

Slip Sliding!

 

Our friend Holly Ocampo has started a children's party business, she bought a couple of of those inflatable jumpers, and a water slide. So Sunday, she tested the slide out with probably the most rambunctious, um, kids around.

Slip Sliding

Click for the slideshow, and check out the warning sign. I think they broke every rule within minutes...

Up the creek

 
A heron posed amid the cottonwood fluff on the water
 
and then he flew.

(click photos for close up Great Blue Heron view)

Fritzi has a swimming lesson

 
It was 104 today in the KRV. The river beckoned
 
April demonstrates
 
Wet dog!

My favorite photo

 
so far this trip.

It's the view coming into Kernville from the crest at Rocky Point. Click for giant version.

Fireworks!

The custom round these parts is that the 4th of July Fireworks are held on Saturday, no matter what the actual day of the holiday.
 
We went to a party at Dutch Flat, high above Lake Isabella.
 
It was the perfect spot to watch the fireworks over the lake. Thousands lined the shore of Isabella, but we had a birds eye view.

Fourth of July

The river is full of folks and the sky is full of smoke. The Piute fire has grown to 20-thousand acres. That smoke plume can be seen all the way to Nevada.

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At the Pub

Josh sits in (the corner).
 
The band is called Out of the Blue.
 
They play every Friday night.
 
The Kern River Brewing Company occupies the building that was once the Just For Fun Club. From Cherry Cokes and a jukebox in the '70's, to beer and bluegrass in the 'aughts. Evolution!

Piute Fire

We're still in Las Vegas, but understand that the Kern River Valley has been cloaked in smoke from a couple of fires. Last night, our friend Tysun shot these incredible photographs of the Piute Fire. In the first shot, Lake Isabella is in the foreground, the town on the left is Mount Mesa and on the right is Isabella. Tysun's house is high in the hills of Woffard Heights, which shows in the second shot.