Today I'm driving down to Visalia to give this presentation on Low Impact Development to a group of local officials at a workshop on “Linking Water and Land Use in the Central Valley.” The workshop is sponsored by the Local Government Commission.

Seven hours of driving. Twenty minute presentation. But hey, I'm sure I'll learn something as well as helping to spread the word.

My plan, at one point, was to go on from this task to a backpack trip in Sequoia National Park. I'd even planned my route and started planning meals.

I was cutting it close, and as is my bad habit, dawdled a bit too much while catching up on my to-do list. So I'll be driving back tonight to finish up an annual report section.

The mountains will still be there when I'm ready.