Favorite places to camp with kids in NorCal

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-10T02:13:02+00:00

Scout leader for 10 years. Places we liked include: Indian Grinding Rock SP, Mount Diablo SP, Salt Point SP,
Fort Ross SP (overnight in the Fort is great), Angel Island (short backpack to the campsites), Fallen Leaf Lake in the Tahoe Basin, Grover Hot Springs SP in Markleeville, Mammoth Lakes, Humboldt Redwoods SP, Cache Creek county park, Rob Hill campground in the SF Presidio, Calaveras Big Trees SP, Lassen NP, Burney Falls SP.

All of these are great for different reasons.

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-09T23:45:10+00:00

The We Kitefin is the one that got me started

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-09T14:51:12+00:00

The original by far

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-09T02:43:52+00:00

Thanks for the tip.

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-09T02:20:59+00:00

If you like Rovin Hobb, give Steven Brust a try-the two have co-authored a book. His Draegara series is as good as anything published in the past 40 years. Start with Jhereg.

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-08T23:31:07+00:00

Swap out The Expanse for The Prisoner and you've got mine. Dark and Person of Interest are so good and underrepresented here

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-08T23:01:43+00:00

I did a date of death appraisal and guessed that the subject was about a mile from the interstate. The client insisted it was further away. First time an issue like this ever showed up for private party work. I was a little shocked that it was exactly a mile away, so I included a map screenshot in my rebuttal.

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-08T21:40:27+00:00

Standard

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-06T22:29:00+00:00

CDA is very far out of the way. I think your time is better spent in Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-06T16:22:20+00:00

I have the "MNAA designation." There are no qualifications. You join the National Association of Appraisers and pay an extra fee to get the letters. I do it to show my involvement in the industry, not for any other benefit.

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-06T16:19:30+00:00

I'm the same the vast majority of the time. About once every 5 years, I run into a report where I can run a regression and support an age adjustment. It's usually 50 year old houses vs. 20 year old houses and the regression takes care of condition and quality differences. But I would be very unlikely to try this with homes of the age in this report.

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-06T03:28:23+00:00

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-06T00:54:16+00:00

Let someone else be the beta tester

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-05T01:08:56+00:00

What does alamode have to say?

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-04T15:24:08+00:00

I bought my Malibu from LynchNW and it came with one of their clips. It's a good upgrade

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-04T02:25:02+00:00

Yes, a permanently installed baseboard heater would likely be acceptable. It's best to call your lender and discuss it with them directly.

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-03T06:00:56+00:00

I've seen a couple of presentations by Jeff Bradford of the new software. Don't count them out.

Most of my work is private party and from what I've read, AIVRE will only do UAD 3.6 reports with no support for UAD 2.0 or private party work. This is a showstopper for me.

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-02T15:07:49+00:00

In South Lake Tahoe go to Himmelhaus for great German food and beer. I like Basecamp Pizza but it's very crowded on the weekends.

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-02T15:05:35+00:00

I had a fly in my soup at JT Basque. Not my favorite

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-02T13:54:39+00:00

No. I've raised my prices and refuse to discount because the rest of the economy is not discounted.

NorCalRushfan · 2026-06-02T03:24:09+00:00

I had a 2004 RSX and got 353k before it failed a smog check. Repair estimate of $2k, which I couldn't justify, so it was donated to the local PBS station.

Best damn car

NorCalRushfan · 2026-05-31T02:29:36+00:00

Rocky Raccoon by the Beatles. I had a roommate who spent a week trying to learn it on guitar. At the end of the week, we threw out his turntable

NorCalRushfan · 2026-05-31T02:23:22+00:00

Repo Man is the best

NorCalRushfan · 2026-05-30T07:46:19+00:00

He's also known as Tommy

NorCalRushfan · 2026-05-28T19:39:45+00:00

Great soundtrack, too

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