Sequoia/Kings Canyon is greatly underrated in the geography of California. Everyone rushes to Yosemite just to deal with crowds and misses out on the more pristine sights that Sequoia has.

Years ago I was told the easiest way to lose a good friend is to move in with them. It's absolutely true.

I had a very good friend that convinced me to abandon my comfortable one bedroom and co-lease a two bedroom. "We'll split expenses that way!" One month later he wasn't paying the half of rent, and buying food was a joke. At the end of the month he would approach with "I'm giving you $300" which wasn't close to even half the rent. He was spending over half in income on pot and even a lot of that was financed through payday loans. He wouldn't do even the most basic household chores like taking the trash out or washing dishes he soiled although he was home all day and I worked 6 days a week.

I had to kick him out. "Two can't live cheaper than one" isn't true, unless they both contribute.

With a sponge in my hand, no. As previously stated I can be pretty dumb at times. I think my mind and imagination had me fixated on bugs. Good think I wasn't dropping acid at the time.

In the early 80's I worked for a large telco that used a magnetic drum storage device (yes I'm old.) The drum was used to store long distance billing for a very large geographic area. It was also powered through a standard wall switch right by the door. One night the cleaner went to turn off off the lights and also turned the drum as well. No one noticed until the next morning. A lot of people got free long distance that night.

It's not the cleaners fault, the blame remains on the idiot that decided that a wall switch without a mechanical guard was a good idea.