I had the sheer pleasure of catching my Alma Mater, Cal vs Utah in the Battle of the Bands in my town of San Diego in preparation for their Holiday football game: the “Poinsettia Bowl.”  Each band started out at opposite sides of San Diego’s popular down town strip called the “Gaslamp Quarter” and marched and played as they came closer and closer to each other.  When the two bands met, they each battled it out, taking turns with the best music and moves they each had.  At the end of course, I say Cal rocked the jingle bells off Utah!! Go Bears!

What better way to spend Independence Day than feeling emotionally and spiritually free in California’s Redwoods? I took a jaunt out to Muir Woods for a good 4-mile hike. 

* “In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” - John Muir

Sitting in the base of a redwood that had burned in a forest fire hundreds of years ago.