alta

I cleaned out the chimney today by climbing up onto the roof -- which is pitched just enough to be scary -- and using a special long handled wire brush. I managed not to fall of the roof and then installed a locking door knob after much cursing and drilling of holes in the wrong places. After a bath and calming down a bit we went for a walk down Drum Power House rd. to gather blackberries at Chloes secret spot. I was already pretty tired at this point so we had to turn around about halfway down to the bear river.

On the way to and from alta, we saw several decked out vans and buses on their way to Burning Man. There seemed to be a steady stream of these for the whole weekend, but on our drive back we saw all of the team trucks for the indy racing league. It was a fun contrast between the home painted vans with stacks of PVC tubing poking out of the backs with the streamlined impeccable graphics Toyota and Honda team trucks. Amazingly, there was no traffic coming back to the bay area this time!