15th Jan.

Dry grazing land, turkey vultures circling upwards with the rising warm air columns, Point Reyes station, cafes, many ups and downs, conifers and eucalyptus to be smelt in the warm air.
Conspicuous lack of rain, lots of people talking about it, the incredible winter warm weather, and anticipated flooding, fire risk, water restrictions to come.
Sneaky evening raccoons.  Mother with two young in tow, coming within a metre of me to try and steal food, another took off with a lone spoon on the table that had a bit of peanut butter still on it.  I took to growling and snarling at them, a language they'd understand.  They did back off, and I locked up my supplies in the camp locker overnight.