Sheltering in Place

[Drunk Monk]

DAY 15: We decided not to attempt Chalk Mountain again. It's too steep.  There are other accesses but the roads have to be more open (all the CA parks are officially closed to camping but you can still hike; you just have to park outside the park and hike in from the road).  So maybe we'll revisit it at some later date.

When we got in my car, it had been rifled through AGAIN!.  Nothing was taken.  I still don't leave stuff in my car.  And I know I locked it last night because I was super paranoid.  There's no sign of break-in so maybe someone has cracked my RC key code.  I just had it serviced last week.  Maybe them?  I dunno, I'm super paranoid now and am going to empty out my car completely.  The perp has just been opening the glove compartment and scattering the contents but no damage done. I'll try file a police report online or something. I know they'll say something like 'well, if nothing was taken...' but it's really annoying, especially now because I had to wipe the car down in case of covid.

We went to Butano state park in Pescadero, a place we've been talking about going to for years.  It's off the beaten path a bit.  There was one shoulder a short distance outside the park where we could walk in from and we were the only car there.  It's a small park, some nice diverse trails, a picnic area, a car camping area and a trail camp that we hiked out to - fairly steep at times but not like Chalk Mtn.  We hiked for 6 hours and didn't see a soul.  On the way out, we saw a ranger and a bridge builder, and then three bikers.  There was only one other car in that space.  We had the whole park - a CA state park - to ourselves.  It was wonderful.  11.4 miles, 118 floors.

On a random note, I got a job offer.  Srsly.  A promoter that I worked with for the Shaolin Summit (you remember that, right Greg?) has been asking me to join his project translating a series of wuxia novels that his father wrote.  We've been in discussion about it for several months now.  I'm not sure how much I trust this guy - he is a promoter, an LA promoter no less - but he's well connected and has bank.  For a long time, I was more tentative but now he's offered money.  We'll see what becomes of it.  I'm still sorting my unemployment so I don't want to mess that up, but even if that comes through and things settle down so I can go back to work, the extra income will be helpful.