Date men from United States / California / San Pablo, 65 year old

Date someone special from California, United States. Since 1977 I have been self-employed. My job requires analysis, aesthetic criticism, technical comprehension, and buckets of tact in working with the ego-involvement of others.
Family is very important to me. My grown children live near me and I enjoy watching their progress as adults growing with experiences from the roots that their parents gave them through teaching, learning, and doing.
I am an active environmentalist [photovoltaic solar array on my roof creates 150% of my total energy usage — I have a negative carbon footprint on Mother Earth]; I am a 6th generation Californio [descended from ancestors who came here when this land was Spanish]; I believe mankind was put on the Earth of be the shepherd, not the sheep ; I cook a succulent lamb chop.
My one great vice is road trips. I delight in taking drives to and through places that are naturally beautiful [the Owens Valley just before dawn] or historically interesting [Bodie, Chaco Canyon]. My campmobile sleeps 4 and makes ice cubes. [And gets 25 mpg]. I have mixed pictures of me [that I did not take] with pictures that I did take of things I found to be fascinating and beautiful so that you may get a better sense of my inner workings
I am a widower. My 3 cats are comforts in my solitude, but — as important as they are as friends — they do not take the place of the life partner who I seek.
My gentle, nurturing, romantic spirit is seeking a companion to share the quiet times, the far-flung travels, the good meals made and shared together, and the fascinating adventures that are yet to come. A woman who is strong enough in her confidence in herself to be herself, who is secure enough in our relationship to let me be myself, and who is committed enough to our relationship to work with me to create that wonderful new entity: US.
US: partners devoted to one another; a couple embracing family and good times with shared joy; unshakable friends facing the challenges of Life confident that the one covering your back is your soul mate; lovers in all the senses of that sweet word.
There, I have let my yin come out onto this page. If this resonates with you, send me a message, not a wink.