Through The Lens

Arnold Tree-Felling and Fishing

Luke fishing on the Stanislaus River (left) and one of our catch (right)   Luke fishing on the Stanislaus River (left and right)   Getting […]

Adelaide, Minlaton and Sydney

We ventured Down Under for a couple of weeks for the first time in over two years for me and three years for my better […]

Wildflower

We all drove down to Lake San Antonio near King City on Friday to compete in the annual Wildflower Triathlon.  Mrs V. raised over $3,300 […]

Photos of the Year

       Unfortunately I can’t take any credit for these masterpieces.  Kudos to National Geographic for these shots.

Petaluma Singletrack

A couple of shots of the local rides on the west side of town…  

Willow Creek

  Wild irises and California poppies                California poppies   Highway One and the California coast   Lunch at the Fern Tree

California Cows

There’s a dairy on my drive home right on the Marin Sonoma county line that I’ve been trying to get a photo of all winter, […]

California Green

Too bad my hand’s not a little steadier, otherwise this photo of a hiking trail in the Marin Headlands could have been a keeper…

Big Air Time

There were some crazy moves being pulled at Sugarbowl last weekend…

Banff Mountain Film Festival

Luke took us to the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour last night, what an awesome event!  We were awed by a series of short […]

Castle Peak

Luke and I have been throwing around the idea of getting hold of some randonee skis for a while now, so with the nice weather […]

Number 29

A birthday that had it all: good friends, good food, an amazing cake (thanks Andi) and cupcakes (and Katrina), good music, me killing it at […]

New Providence and Staniel Cay

With all the wet weather we’ve been having, we decided it was time for a bit of sun during winter so we ventured southeast to […]

Taos Winter Wine Festival

The winemaker of the family was asked to represent Kendall-Jackson at the Taos Winter Wine Festival this last weekend in Taos, New Mexico.  Somehow I […]

Jim’s 30th in San Luis Obispo

We took a trip down memory lane in San Luis Obispo on the weekend to celebrate Jim’s 30th birthday.  The gig was at Downtown Brew […]

Michaela’s Birthday

Had an awesome dinner at Della Fattoria downtown last night for Michaela’s birthday with Annie, Kevin, Brian and Juana.  Food was amazing, slow cooked beef […]

Winter Storm Hits Northern California

We spent this last weekend at the cabin with Andi and her boyfriend Jeffrey, battling our way up to the mountains on Friday night on […]

Winter Golden Gate Bridge Photos

Was on my way home from work on New Year’s Eve and managed to snag some nice shots of the bridge in the winter sun…

Finishing 2007 at Kirkwood

We took a day trip to Kirkwood with Katrina, Luke and Kevin on the last Sunday of 2007.  A few rock and stump scrapes here and […]