A Side Note for the Week

I'm still out in California. I spent the last four days hiking the trails with John and revitalizing my spirit with the salty breeze. Yesterday, I received a call from my brother, Septimus, urging me to leave the hiking trails for the last few days of break and coming up to Seattle to visit. With strong persistence and the ever eager John on his side, Sep got his way and tomorrow we'll be catching a flight north to stay with my brothers for a few days. Hopefully everything goes well and maybe, if I'm lucky, it'll be nice enough to hit some of the northern trails.