May 21, 2021 From May 4 to 17th we left Hawai'i for Temecula, Las Vegas, Zion, Valley of Fire and San Diego. Over one year social isolating, eating take outs and cooking at home, and wearing masks. Now vaccinated with our country hopefully on the mend we ate out, congregated with some crowds such as in the Bellagio and Area 51 in Las Vegas and socialized with friends and family. The hikes were beautiful after we found places to go in Zion out of the valley since we could not get on the bus system due to crowds. https://www.flickr.com/photos/leonardsjacobs/albums/72157719279157645 I'm a quarter way into a book Life's Edge The Search For What It Means to Be Alive by Carl Zimmer. It's very revealing with some historical snippets that today are somewhat humorous. ie in the 1800's because some people who were pronounced dead recieved a bell attached to a string in the coffin that was placed to alert people to disinter the person if they were buried by mistake. The def