The wedding, the reason we were in california, was amazing. It was up in the mountains, in this cute park. Right after the wedding, we went to this very fancy restaurant with the bride and groom and families. The food was all locally grown/raised/caught. It was honestly the best food I have ever had. The meal was ultimately a surprise for the bride and groom, because although they had tastings, the food had to be in season.

This set of trees is called 'family trees'. The center part of the tree had caught on fire during a forest fire up in the mountains of california.Because of the thick bark of the tree, it doesnt die. However you can see that the center is very ashy. From this part, many little trees grow big. The supposed little trees are in fact very very big.

Here's me at John Muir Natl Park by a huge redwood tree. It's amazing to realize how many generations, centuries, this tree has been around.

I flew to California on the 7th of October. It was a long flight, but I did happen to see something quite incredible. As we were flying over the gulf, we flew right over the location of the oil spill. Here you can see the streaks of copper-color in the ocean. It is amazing that this is still visible. We all know that the oil is still down there, but we say that its at the bottom. Well, there it is. Low and behold. Now what are we going to do about it? Did other window-seat passengers notice this? and how many flights a day flow over this very location? Why isn't this a bigger reality?

I have only been to Miami twice, and the second time, I got to drive by this scene during the day. I was awestruck in wonder about what may have happened to these poor trees. it seems that the fire that may have burned them down did so quite a while ago. the young growth underneath them is quite tall.