bartering, you say? pshaw. how we'd done it for millenia. still done at Black Rock City today! (that's one o' them Burning Man references, kids! "the happiest place on Earth"!)

off now to the Sierra Buttes for a little marmot chasing and pine cone juggling. wahoo! the view from up top looks a little something like...this: http://virtualguidebooks.com/NorthCalif/TahoeNorthernSierra/SierraButtes/SierraButtesLOL.html

enjoy your weekends, and that's an order.

xo,

~srb~