california

Radiation levels in California have become a hot topic lately. One guy's video of measuring levels of radiation in California on a beach in Half Moon Bay went viral. However, those who have been carefully investigating such matters are finding radiation levels in California to be not far from normal. For a great article on this, see:

http://geigercounter.com/california-beach-radiation-fukushima

In 1973 I was out of the army for a couple years and tried marriage for the first time. We didn't have a dime and so in lieu of a honeymoon we went camping in the desert. We drove out to a box canyon near the abandoned railroad depot at Dos Cabezas in the Anza-Borrego, where there is an oasis that draws migratory birds and their binocular-toting devotees.