1/16–1/18: Climbing and hiding—Encinitas to Mt. Palomar to Rancho Cuyamaca State Park January 18 2013 1/13: Flight from the wind—Irvine to Encinitas January 14 2013 1/12: Irvine Indian interlude—Lake Elsinore to Irvine January 13 2013 1/9–1/11: Big Winds, Kindness of Strangers, and Expensive Camping—Indio to Anza to Lake Elsinore January 12 2013 1/8: Moving on—Yucca Valley to Indio January 9 2013 12/26: The beginning of the in—Southern California Vipassana Center January 8 2013 12/24–12/25(–1/6): Chinese Christmas and a Buddhist New Year!—Joshua Tree National Park to Twenty Nine Palms December 25 2012 12/23: Somebody else's torch—Joshua Tree National Park December 25 2012 12/22: Enthusiasm meets experience—Chiriaco Summit to Joshua Tree National Park December 23 2012 12/20–12/21: Parking at Patton's—Blythe to Patton Memorial Museum, Chiriaco Summit December 23 2012