A little muddy for our first family Annadel ride today, but both kids made it all the way up to Lake Ilsanjo and loved the […]
Author: Sam
Monster Trucks!
Perfect weather for a day deep in Amerika
Do No Harm
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery, Henry Marsh Goodreads: What is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it […]
Mendocino Camping
Couldn’t have asked for a nicer weekend to spend at MacKerricher State Park
Tahoe Easter
Skiing at Alpine with the Munselles on Good Friday, Reno followed by taking Great Grandma Gladys out to dinner in Carson on Saturday, and hunting […]
Tahoe Spring Break
Spring break up in Tahoe with the kids and Munselles. Skiing, climbing and lots of good times!
Lilia and Maysen Turn Eight!
A fun day at Snoopy’s Home Ice to celebrate!
Everybody Lies
Everybody Lies, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz Goodreads: Blending the informed analysis of The Signal and the Noise with the instructive iconoclasm of Think Like a Freak, a […]
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
12 Rules for Life, Jordan Peterson Amazon: What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan Peterson’s answer to this most […]
Alexander Valley Flooding
Both bridges connecting our side of Alexander Valley with the rest of the world are closed at the moment due to what the locals are […]
Lisa Turns 39+
A year ago Lisa’s mum mentioned to me that she wanted to surprise Lisa with a 40th birthday trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. […]
The Mother of All Storms
Was a lot of driving, but it was all worth it to sample two days of the tail end of a storm that delivered 11 […]
Squaw Powder Day
Doesn’t get much better!
Greg Turns 70
Celebrating the best father-in-law out there!
Keefer Lake Lodge
Revelstoke and Banff/Lake Louise were really just the warm up. I’d been wanting to heli ski since I was a kid, and I figured turning […]
The Frackers
The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters, Gregory Zuckerman Goodreads: Things looked grim for American energy in 2006. Oil production was […]
Revelstoke
The drive from Lake Louise to Revelstoke was the only stretch of the Trans Canada highway I was worried about: Rogers Pass midway between Banff […]
Banff and Lake Louise
It was a smooth trip from SF to Calgary, through immigration and into our little Nissan Rogue SUV in lightning speed. It was a beautiful […]
Atmospheric River
This “atmospheric river” storm sure dumped a lot of heavy, wet snow on Tahoe! Natural features and the park were the spot to be…
Skillmaster 2019
No cigar this year!