Welcome to my blog. I thought all last year about starting
a blog because I post photos of our trips on Facebook and have quite a local
following. I kept getting busy and
procrastinating. So here is a new
year and I have a bunch of ideas I want to post here but…
Let me introduce myself and
give you (and me) an idea of where I want to go with this blog. I am Linda Robinette and have been
retired for 2+ years from the State of California. I have a degree in Nursing, Political Science and have worked
in Law Enforcement, Nursing and Emergency Medicine.
I moved to Lassen County
California, Susanville, the day before I started High school and didn’t know a
soul. After a rough start in
Susanville, I never really left for long and now count myself a “local”. I love Susanville and Lassen County and
I think the idea for this blog came about from me trying to promote all of the
fantastic things to do here and in the region.
My husband of 36 years and I
have raised four boys and if you frequent the Lassen Ale Works, you have
probably met a few of them. We
were involved in the local schools and the local Boy Scout Troop. That was probably one of the ways we
started getting out in the wild and visiting some of the fantastic local
areas. When we were young and broke,
we took the boys out rock hunting.
We collected crystal points at Peterson Peak and fire opal in Virgin
Valley NV. I love rocks.
About ten years ago, we got
kayaks and this opened the world of lakes. Neither of us fish and we just didn’t go to local
lakes. When we started kayaking we
started to explore. I tell people
there are about 20 lakes within 50 miles of my front door. I think I am close but this year I have
something in mind.
In 2015, I am planning on
visiting every lake with water (an important distinction in a drought, with so
far no end in sight), kayak and photograph them all. I took a map and drew a circle 50 miles out…. That is a lot
of area. It’s going to be great!
We have also decided to do
more local/regional camping this year. We are the proud owners of a 1975 Tradewind Airstream. This year George put on solar panels
and now we are off the grid and ready for “boondocking”.
So other things I do:
Gardening, canning and preserving food, make beer and wine. I also make sausage out of wild game,
and practice Charcuterie (look it up) and fine cooking. I am enrolled in a jewelry class at
Lassen College and have a small workshop where I make jewelry and teach myself
metalwork. We are owned by a Shiba
Inu and an Akita (dog breeds).
George and I are travelers. I make lists of places to visit and
George does all the driving to get there. I love to take photos of the beautiful and interesting places
we go to. There are not many
photos of me, I am usually behind the camera. I love macro shots and the small details. I have taken quite a few underwater
shots that I simply love. We are both scuba divers and try to make diving one
of our trips every year. I will write a bit later about our trip to Bali
Indonesia. It was fabulous.
I am sure I will want to add to what I have posted, but this
is a start. I hope you enjoy this.
Linda
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