Chilled Pumpkin Soup Recipe

The recipe for Chilled Pumpkin Soup that Dick Jordan served at last week's "Final Exam" luncheon came from Epicurious. com.

Like most recipes, you need to adjust the amount of the ingredients to get both the consistency and taste that you prefer.

Dick used more pumpkin (one 15 oz and one 29 oz can), and less milk (only about 4 cups) to produce 3+ quarts of soup.

The soup requires no cooking. Just stir all of the ingredients together and refrigerate. (Dick made the soup the day before the hike.)

Dick Takes You to Cuba This Week

Thanks to President Obama's action last December to ease restrictions on travel to Cuba by U.S. citizens, interest by Americans in visiting that island nation has soared.

This week you can get a glimpse of the place when the trailer for Dick Jordan's documentary, Cuba Libre, airs on MarinTV (Comcast Channel 26) at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday and Sunday.

If you're not a Comcast cable subscriber, won't be home when the show airs, don't have a DVR, or prefer to watch it on your computer, tablet or smartphone, you can watch it on YouTube.

Dick hopes work on the full documentary (run time somewhere between 60-90 minutes) will be completed by December.

A Week Off: No Hike on October 20

Worn out from yesterday's "Mad Dogs & Englishmen Go Out in The Noonday Sun" hike at Tennessee Valley?

There's no hike next Tuesday, October 20th, so you've got two weeks to loaf.

We'll next meander on Tuesday, October 27th at East Peak on Mt. Tam when we kickoff the Fall 2 College of Marin Hiking Series.

Move to "The Light"

Weary of the burdens of home ownership?

Sell up, and become a tenant of the National Park Service living within a stone's throw of the Point Reyes Lighthouse.

(AEPG Flickr Photo)

Today's San Francisco Chronicle reports that the NPS is offering a one-year lease on a house on the edge of the continent for an undisclosed monthly rent.

But since it has "rooms with a view," expect to pay a premium for live there.