Nothing on the docket this last week so the kids and I grabbed Ben Taylor from Petaluma on our way up to the mountains again […]
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Miracle March Delivers Again
After skiing in sweaters and mountain biking gloves for a week over spring break the weather turned cold again this last weekend and March delivered […]
Sugar Bowl Spring Break
We ordered the weather for the kids’ spring break up in the mountains: highs in the fifties (teens in celsius) on the slopes every day […]
Sugar Bowl Powder Adventures
A double batch of storms hit Northern California over the past week, delivering a whopping 60 inches (1.5 meters) of cold smoke to the Sierras […]
South Fork American River Whitewater
Ever since we took our first whitewater rafting trip with the Munselles down the Trinity when Max and Cam were in preschool I’d been waiting […]
Tahoe School Week II
When we returned to the States last August Lance quickly had us block off a week on our calendar for the second chapter of Tahoe […]
New Year Ski Adventure
This was the ski trip that almost didn’t happen… We’d been planning to visit the Hansens in Bend since Tony dropped by on a visit […]
TreeClimb Adelaide
Such a fun gift from Pop Pop! It took us about two-and-a-half hours to complete the five courses. Definitely had us using some muscles that […]
ANZAC Long Weekend in Robe
When we arrived at the Stuart shack in central Robe one of the first things I did was start flicking through the old guest book […]
Last Annadel Ride
Who knows when we’ll be back riding the trails of Annadel State Park again, so I wanted to document the kids descending their favorite South […]
Mammoth and June Mountain Spring Break
Last year for spring break our ski week in Utah with the Munselles was well and truly jettisoned by the onset of COVID in the […]
Tahoe School Week
Back in November when we figured we were going to be doing this COVID-induced remote schooling for the long haul, Lance proposed doing a week […]
Christmas in Summit County
After a pretty magic week cutting up the slopes of Steamboat Springs, we headed back towards Denver to Summit County. The last time I’d visited […]
Steamboat Springs
We were checked into our flights to Colorado and standing outside at Oakland International Airport – trying to minimize our time indoors – when my […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tahoe Christmas Week
It was a laid back Christmas for us in Sonoma County, but we made the most of the week between Christmas Day and New Year’s […]
Alexander Valley School Christmas Performance
A few short clips for the 2019 Alexander Valley School Christmas performance
Lake Hennessey Trails
Awesome new trail in Napa this afternoon with Wild Man!
Tahoe Spring Break
Spring break up in Tahoe with the kids and Munselles. Skiing, climbing and lots of good times!