First post from the forest. Finding water, winnowing amaranth, crocheting, knot-tying, resting, rambling re meditation, exploring, and what else?

If you'd like to visit, send me an email. Our spot is less than a
two-mile hike from the Laguna Mtn Observatory / Morris Ranch parking
lot, within an hour's drive of SD & Escondido. From SD, take I-8 to S1
(Sunrise Byway). Take S1 north. After you get near the top, and turn
to the SE and back to the east, the turnoff is to the right. There is
a sign for the Observatory / Morris Ranch. The short (<0.2mi) road to
the lot is paved. I'll meet you at the lot--and I have Adventure
Passes for two cars.

There is also a dirt road nearby you can drive in on and camp along.
Access is probably from the next turnout to the right along S1. You
may not need a pass for that.

There's good cell phone & GSM reception from many spots out here
(thanks to a tower at the observatory?)

What can we do? Why don't you bring some string and print out some
instructions for net-making? I'll be working on remembering what I
learned earlier.

Mostly, I've been resting. For weeks now, I have not cared for myself
well. I am leaving my old rut in SD partly to get away from conditions
that enabled harmful habits. In addition, there are damaging aspects
of SoCal urban living. Every time I go near a road, there is at least
some fear in me. Every time I get a breath of exhaust, my vitality
suffers. The inland SD air quality is generally poor. Here, only the
flies are sometimes annoying. I (so far) believe the unfiltered water
out here is better for me to drink. I am more at peace shitting
outdoors than in piped-in drinking water. No helicopters buzz this
place. No deep mufflers, bass, car alarms, amplified sound, or endless
drone or background roar and scent of leaf-blowers, mowers, and car
traffic. Just wind, voices of visitors.

Many are helping improve urban conditions. I'm dependent on the city
for food, occasional work, and visitors. I want to help us improve,
not to inspire despair. So I won't say more about what many of us may
have to continue to cope with, at least for another few years. [To be
continued--I've reached a character limit.]

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