Interview pre-wild west

T and I were sitting at Joe's eating a very hearty breakfast of eggs, hash browns and vegetables and I thought it was the perfect setting to do another "blogger vs blogger" interview.

I have known T for over 3 years now, and she has an amazing blog about exploring the wilds of California called Western Wilds . I have been on some of her excursions. I am referred to as K. She introduced me to tide pooling and for that I am eternally grateful. Before I get all mushy, here is our chat.

Kitty: So, what did you do today?
T: Woke up super early and took a boat to Catalina in the fog.

Kitty: See anything interesting on the way?
T: I saw a super cool Blue Whale w/ a big tail and I am totally going to write about it in my blog. (See here )

Kitty: Where are you from?
T: A little suburb outside of Detroit in the great state of Michigan.

k: Why did you move to Los Angeles?
t: (a pregnant pause) Following my man.. and to go to UCLA to be a librarian, but mainly following my man.

Her man is outside on a park bench recovering from the realization that he is not a sea person. Not a great time to find out. Especially because on the way back it is choppier. And although I was up top, because of the lack of places to sit together, I heard that a baby started a vomiting chain reaction that can only be likened to.. remember that scene with the pie eating contest in Stand By Me, we have all seen it, you know what I am talking about.

k: How long have you been writing your blog?
t: two years-she looks up in puzzlement- I can't remember. I cheated though and went back and retroactively posted. I started the blog in November of 2009, although the posts look like I started the blog in January.

k: why do you blog?
t: before the blog I would keep track of the tides and then decided to share the information w/ others. A close friend V inspired me to explore the world (in SoCal) and wanted to share that with others.

I like to show people that you can escape the city within a half a days drive.

Since starting the blog, many California explorers contact T about things she has seen. She often contributes photos of "what the heck is this" to iNaturalist which is a forum for people to share all the naturey stuff they see and help to identify naturey stuff for other people. They helped identify the 20 legged sea star we saw-which is actually called something I can't remember.

I hope she has inspired you to explore. She and I will be bringing a report to you next month-ish on Mono Lake, one of the many California state parks that they will be closing by next year due to budget cuts. See them while you can.

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