Today was all about the ocean. We barely left the house except to walk to the fishing pier and back, and chose instead to spend our time on the beach. The surf that had been extraordinarily high for the last few days-even prompting a weather warning of 6-12 foot waves-had subsided. The waves had previously banged against the rocks just off our deck. Now they were 50 feet

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One year ago: At the cabin in Serene Lakes for Independence day with Les, the Petterles and Wassermanns, July 4, 2013.
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Our normal hike near the cabin took a dark turn this memorial weekend. In fact it took several. We decided to walk into the western entrance to the now trackless Central Pacific Railway snow sheds. Just dark enough to be eerie, they are a gathering place for local graffiti artists and the walls are covered with constantly-changing street art. I could walk in here all day, but the group decided to turn back before long. But not before I could capture a few bits of local graffiti.

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Forget the NFL draft, Saturday at our house was more exciting by a magnitude. Emily tried out for several soccer teams to make sure she had at least one offer to play. We thought she may be at the end of her soccer career when Endurance, her current team,

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One year ago: Camping at Bodega Bay Campground with the Wassermanns, Bakers, Petterle’s, Quigleys, Zinkeys and more, April 17-20, 2013.
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Emily’s soccer team, Sacramento Real FC Endurance competed in the International tournament, “Mayor’s Cup” in Las Vegas over the President’s day weekend. We took advantage of the locale to take the kids to Sin City for their first time. Soccer tournaments can be time-consuming, but we still managed to walk a good bit of the strip and take in a few other tourist favorites. The high lite of the strip for me is always the

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Yet another family website header bites the dust as we update to more recent pictures and perhaps fonts too.

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Many people have a bucket list. Mine is a little different. I’ve decided to re-do items on my list as an adult. When I started cycling a few years ago this meant racing the Nevada City Classic again (which I have,) completing the Davis Double Century (which I haven’t,) and completing the Death Ride’s 5-pass challenge. This weekend I took on the Death Ride after some gentle prodding from Mike Nicholls, and Todd Schaffer. Cathy Paladini closed the deal a few weeks ago when she visited and told me that her daughter, Rachael wouldn’t be riding. This cemented the deal with this cheapskate: My entry was paid for.

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I’ve been having a blast lately going back and reading old posts (for some reason I’ve been focused on 2005 and 2006) and adding pictures to them.

Take a look at crazy cruise pictures from “Hot and Weary in Acapulco”, or look for a great shot of Les getting snockered in

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We’ve been blessed to have great neighbors who we can call great friends, but we’ve been wondering when the Alexanders (Jami and Rick) would invite us over to swim in their backyard. We last swam in this pool 15 years ago when the original neighbors, Steve and Jolene put it in. We had a relaxing afternoon sipping beers and enjoying great company while keeping our cool.

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