The annual bike ride, crabbing, and a night on the dairy!
Chronology
Mountain Biking Oregon
There was just too much adventure during our 10 day mountain biking trip of Oregon so I split it up into three separate posts: Bend, […]
The Southern Cascades
From Willakenzie we headed south along the Willamette Valley into Linn County and stopped for the night at Waterloo County Park just outside of Lebanon. […]
Northern Oregon
From Bend we shot north on Highway 97 headed for our next mountain biking stop: Hood River’s Post Canyon. Unless one heads west into the […]
Bend
It’s a roughly eight hour drive from our home in Geyserville to Bend, a little too much for a single day with the kids in […]
Factfulness
Factfulness, Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Rönnlund Absolutely loved this book. Really a must read for anyone who puts significant effort into deciphering […]
Shell Beach
A bit of a last minute sojourn to the Central Coast to join the McGarrys at a palatial abode they rented with Michele’s family for […]
Family JDSF MTB
A nice break from the heat out on the coast for a big day of riding in Jackson Demonstration State Forest. With all the riding […]
School’s Out for Summer!
It’s certainly been a strange school year, but fortunately the weather cooperated yesterday before the rain today to treat the kiddos to a ski after […]
River Days
A hot Memorial Day long weekend to welcome summer!
Elephant Company
Elephant Company, Vicki Constantine Croke Goodreads: Billy Williams came to colonial Burma in 1920, fresh from service in World War I, to a job as […]
If You Tell
If You Tell, Gregg Olsen Goodreads: After more than a decade, when sisters Nikki, Sami, and Tori Knotek hear the word mom, it claws like […]
First River Day of 2020
Could always be worse!
Pine Flat Easter Camping
Who says we can’t have a fun easter camping trip close to home in the midst of COVID-19 isolation! The Munselles took us up to […]
A Woman in Amber
A Woman in Amber, Agate Nesaule Kirkus Reviews: This feminist, literature-as-therapy memoir offers a disturbing and timely commentary on the fate of women in war. […]
Birthday Horses
No birthday party with everyone in self-isolation, but our self-isolation buddies the Munselles were able to join us for a birthday ride out by the […]
Happy Birthday Lilia!
Made a big day of it, even though we’re not allowed to go anywhere. Her requests were: crepes for breakfast, tuna melts for lunch, burgers […]
Utah Ski (?) Week
We planned this spring break back in November with our neighbors, the Munselles: buy Ikon ski passes for the season, ski Tahoe all winter and […]
Permanent Record
Permanent Record, Edward Snowden Goodreads: In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the […]
Steamboat Springs
When I was 13 (or maybe it was 12…) my parents took me to Steamboat Springs in Colorado for a ski trip over my summer […]