Foods + Maybe a more graceful departure

It would be easy enough to take a picture of what I'm posting about. . . but this is meant to be quick.

In the past when I've left on these trips, I've rushed.

This time--well, I'm still procrastinating and rushing. But I'm managing to get some different food along.

I'm attempting to not use grains as much. (Garden of Eating Cookbook has rationale -- & recommends against legumes too.)

And I'm bringing along new foods.

• Dried potatoes
• rasins
• prunes
• tapioca--same as yuca? kraft tapioca -- $6/lb- 8oz box
  
• parmesan
• dry coconut
• besan / gram flour --
• lentils, favas
• doritos ruedas -- wheat (and who knows--I don't have a full ingredient list)
  
• garlic
• almonds in the shell
• dried apricot paste
• some odd (to me) Mexican form of sugar
  

Tomorrow AM I need to get to World Foods and get some seaweed and dried mushrooms and see what other good dried stuff I might find there.

I think I'll get some butter or some sort of oil too.

I've spent $40 on food + a little led light. $35 on Adventure Passes.

And I'll still have along some white rice.

Peace,

Update Re: Origin skills and technomad forest gathering in SD County: Fri May 9 - Mon May 12 and beyond

I sent this to the sifter list:

I'm new to the sifter list, and I hope this is a good way to introduce myself! I found out about this list through Garrett Lisi's page. I'm organizing these trips to help me and others spend more time in unpaved areas resting, sharing, learning.

Briefly: A hour drive from SD, up to a three-mile hike from the trailhead, (bring your own supplies) and no other plans than that with Jasmine, Christine, & Colin, who in March organized a primitive skills gathering.

This is short notice for this trip, but if it sounds interesting please let me know. I am tentatively planning to be out there for two weeks and I could meet you at a trailhead anytime in that period. Or we could plan an entirely different outing.
The details are here:

Origin skills and technomad forest gathering in SD County: Fri May 9 - Mon May 12 and beyond
( or, shorter: http://is.gd/cYW )

The updates to that earlier post are:

• We'll be leaving at 9 or 10am on Friday from a spot near SDSU. (Earlier than that from Escondido)
  
• I'll have Adventure Passes for two cars. There's one more tight space in Jasmine's truck.
• Here's more on the technomad nature of the trip.
• The forest service says: No open flames. (Portable solar ovens??)
• J & Christine may be returning Sunday PM.
  

We may head to a spot along the PCT north of the 8 and south of S1 in the Laguna Mountains.

Jasmine, Christine, and I met through sdfoodnotlawns.com.

I'll announce other trips at fo-rest.blogspot.com -- so I may not email the sifter list for another three months, if then.

Peace,
Colin

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BarCamp San Diego 3; The evolving network and whole-system health

Posted at SDTJDPH.

My bike has a new home & I'm headed to Barcamp 3 this weekend in la jolla

My bike has a new home (and is getting some much-needed love and investment):

Hi Colin

I stayed up till 4:30 this morning cleaning the bike. After I adjusted the seat for my height the rack no longer reached. I will most likely put it on later. I am happy with how well the bike cleaned up.

My friend Joe accompanied me as I took the bike on its first ride. Joe rode his Reynolds T-Bone. I brought my camera. We asked a woman pushing a stroller to take our picture along the North Fork Bike trail. When my sons were younger we called this the bicycle super highway. You would be happy to know that it connects the area with a dense Spanish speaking population to the areas of town with restaurants. Many of my Latino brothers use this route to commute by bicycle to work.

I am very pleased with how well the bike rides. I only fell off once (on a tight turn) but otherwise was very comfortable riding it. This afternoon I took the bike to a recumbent bike shop in Van Nuys. They will replace the rims for me and do a tuneup.

Thanks again.
Dave

And I'm catching the trolley & bus to barcamp pretty soon:

https://barcamp.pbwiki.com/BarCampSanDiego

This was from:
http://www.startupsd.net/

There are already a few pc/food-related speakers there, e.g.:
http://jedsundwall.com/2008/05/01/barcamp-san-diego-3/

This is a way of conference organizing I'm very interested in--
this style of organizing, I believe, was behind the permaculture gatherings in the east I loved so much.

If you go to add you name, look for the code at the bottom of the page.

Peace,
Colin