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Paso Robles and Yosemite 2025, Part Three
February 3-5, 25- 28, 2025 The rain finally stopped overnight and although it was quite chilly, not needing to rush back to Oakland Joanna and I finally got that bike ride it we’d been wanting to do. We managed to eke out 16 miles before time constraints, and the cold, made us turn around and […]
The Hip is Fine – Santa Cruz, Part Four
May 19 – 27 Two days later Joanna and I made a long-delayed visit to the Rosie the Riveter / WWII Home Front National Historical Park, located on the waterfront in Richmond. The park preserves and interprets the legacy of the United States home front during World War II, including the Kaiser Richmond Shipyards, the […]
ACA Idaho Trails Relaxed, Part One
June 24 – July 26, 2021 Less than two weeks after our return to Los Angeles from the East Coast we took off on a planned one month road trip that would be centered around a week-long bike tour, Idaho Trails Relaxed, with Adventure Cycling near Coeur d’Alene. We’d spend seventeen days working our way […]
Baby G
February 1 – 7 We drove back to Oakland on Saturday the 1st knowing that Jessica had already gone to the hospital to begin an induced delivery. After arriving we dropped our luggage off at their apartment and made our way over to the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, a large complex south of UC […]
Oakland and Oregon, Part Two
December 19 –January 13 As it was a relatively short three-hour drive to Chico and check-in wasn’t until later in the afternoon, we joined Jessica for breakfast at one of our favorite joints in Berkeley, Sconehenge. I’ve written often of this place so won’t belabor how good the food is and will just leave it […]
On the Road Again 2019, Part Four
August 24 – September 6 Thus, we made it to Oakland later than anticipated but glad to have finally made it, knowing a good night’s sleep can fix a lot of the ill effects of arriving late. We unloaded the car and through some sort of cosmic intervention, perhaps a payback for the day we’d […]
West Coast Spring 2018 – Yosemite, Part Two
June 18 – 20 Our plan for the day was to hike out of Happy Isles and take the Muir Trail towards Vernal Falls. Some folks in the group were either recovering from knee surgery or on their way towards it and so it was agreed that those who felt like it would go as […]
West Coast Spring 2018 – Oakland, Part Two
June 14 – 17 After returning to the apartment, I cleaned up and then Kris, James and I drove up to Berkeley to visit one of our favorite breweries, Jupiter. By a stroke of luck, we found on street parking directly behind the place and after entering, were seated outside on the back patio, the […]
West Coast Spring 2018 – Oakland, Part One
June 14 – 17 How many times have we traversed I-5 through the Central Valley? Too many to count; recalling those early days when no services were available except for a lone gas station or two until the first real restaurant appeared at the Harris Ranch. We haven’t stopped there to eat in quite some […]
West Coast Summer 2017 – Cisco Fest 2017-Part Two
August 10-12 We would have another full day on Saturday, some shopping in the morning for the BBQ we planned to have later at Jessica and Kris’ apartment and then an afternoon with them hitting a couple of places in Oakland. Doug, Evan and I made the supermarket run to a Safeway not far away, […]
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