Monday, January 12, 2015

Welcome to my view of the world

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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