Time for some overdue updates! April has been an especially busy and awesome month, which is good because as my birth month it’s always been a particular favorite of mine. This year brought a wonderful week in Maui, a day hiking at Pinnacles National Monument, and the 2011 Henry Coe Backcountry Weekend. I’m trying to […]

Allison did her longest hike today, 6.7 miles at Coyote Lake – Harvey Bear Park, so I’m a proud daddy. Not bad for a seven year old! The park was beautiful again today. We were there two weeks ago, when it was much muddier in places. Today it was up to about 70F and just […]

This year we spent about a week in Oregon for the Christmas holiday. We got back a few days ago and I’ve just started going through the many photos I took on the trip. Expect new posts and galleries as time permits. Our annual visits are primarily to visit family and this one was no […]

This marks my first year of doing the 12 of 12 thing, which I started in September of last year, although to be fair I did miss a couple of months along the way. The prior day had been a busy one, after a busy week and a busy weekend before that. As such, the […]