The Road Ahead Is About to Get More Interesting

Looking forward

This is mountain lion territory. This sign stands at one of our usual hiking trails.

We’re preparing for a morning hike before it gets too hot here in the Sierra Foothills. The air is fresh and clean this morning in our little rental at the end of the dirt road. It is so quiet here, so peaceful. If we make another trip next year, we’ll most likely skip Morro Bay because of the developments of the last two years there. I’ve also decided a week is not long enough here, as long as we can rent this house again.

Each night, the stars swirl overhead with desert clarity. That’s because we are so far away from the lights of any town. Bats flutter about, and tree frogs serenade us to sleep by an open window. Last night, we had a special visitor, and for the sixth time on one of our coddiwomples, we saw a mountain lion! It was only a glimpse in the dark, and he had leaped into our large, fenced property.