Category Oakland
Thanksgiving and Christmas 2022, Part Three
November 16 – December 31 A week or so after arriving home we participated in a unique cycling event in Los Angeles known as CicLAvia. Started as a grassroots initiative in 2008 by several individuals who recognized that open streets events could address active transportation, urban land use, and public health needs in Los Angeles. […]
Thanksgiving and Christmas 2022, Part Two
November 16 – December 31 In early November I received the cortisone injection and it did, over time, reduce the amount of pain and discomfort in my hip, but not entirely, as can be the case sometimes. With the deadline approaching to pay the balance for our planned trip to South America, I continued to […]
Northern California and Oregon Fall 2022, Part One
October 13 – 24 Soon after our return from North Carolina, we ventured north to Oakland to celebrate Jessica’s birthday and use the time to visit Kamp Angst in Oregon. This would be our second visit to the house Jessica and Kris had purchased at the beginning of September, and we were looking forward to […]
Cisco Fest 2022, Part One
September 16 – 28 As mentioned in the last post, a few weeks after our return from Europe I had a total right knee replacement. The surgery went well as did my recovery, which is long and somewhat arduous as one must be diligent about protecting the limb while it is healing as well as […]
KC Wedding – The Road Home
May 17 – 23 The car repaired and a good night’s sleep behind us, we set out on the first of what would be three long days of driving, much of it along a route we’d not traveled before. That first day would take over nine hours and land us in Cheyenne, Wyoming where would […]
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 […]
Hot Springs 2021, Part One
May 13 – 24, 2021 May arrived with rapidly declining Covid rates and Joanna and I fully vaccinated, began to plan for a return to our routine of the last seven years of abundant travel. This next trip would mirror those we did last year during the height of the crisis, indeed much of what […]
Yosemite 2021, Part One
February 25 – March 5, 2021 A couple of weeks later we took off for Oakland to spend five nights with Jessica, Kris and Gemma, to be followed by three nights in Yosemite. Kim and Marty joined us on Friday and on Saturday we hosted a BBQ on the roof of the apartment. James joined […]
Lockdown 2021, Part Four
February 2021 We’d been home for a week or two when our governor lifted the state-wide lockdown freeing us to ramble far and wide and thus, we made tracks for Oakland to spend a long weekend with Jessica, Kris and Baby Gemma. Not having seen her for two months, those of us with children who […]
On the Road Again 2020, Northern California Part One
July 23 – August 3 We would spend the summer of Covid-19 pretty much engaging in our normal activities such as reading, watching a bit of video and riding our bikes, for me averaging over 600 miles a month, four to five days a week, helping to stay fit and providing a productive outlet. Jessica, […]
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