Between Memorial Day and Labor Day some of the best places to visit around here lose a bit of their allure due to the huge crowds — climbing to the top of Half Dome just isn’t the same experience when the sounds of hundreds of other people fill the air and you spend your time focused on the line of people on the trail rather than the surroundings. Similarly, Death Valley and Joshua Tree are off limits due to the intense heat. However, with Labor Day weekend nearly over the crowds will begin thinning and the heat should subside in the desert, meaning it’s now prime time for exploring. Warner Brothers owes me at least one day off after the recent late nights, so with luck this journal will be a bit more interesting to read (and to write) over the next several months.
"My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?" — David Mitchell