In these days of COVID, we had a rare occasion to get all dressed up: out to dinner in Healdsburg for Wild Man’s seventh birthday! […]
Author: Sam
Week at the Cabin
A ripper week at the cabin: a ride every day, swimming in Lake Alpine (twice), fishing in Beaver Creek, campfires out the back and plenty […]
Annadel
A quick jaunt through Annadel on our way home from the coast…
American Predator
American Predator, Maureen Callahan Goodreads: Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. The names of notorious serial killers are usually well-known; they echo in the […]
A Day in Mendocino
An awesome day exploring JDSF following by some beach time and dinner at Patterson’s
Independence Day 2020
The annual bike ride, crabbing, and a night on the dairy!
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. […]