Through The Lens

Happy (Outdoor) Halloween!

Lisa had the brilliant idea of orchestrating an Alexander Valley outdoor trick-or-treat loop with some of our neighbors here in the valley last night so […]

Doran Beach Camping

Great weekend out on the Sonoma Coast with the Mcgees. Managed to squeeze in a couple of surfs at Salmon Creek, beers on the beach […]

Limantour Beach

A beautiful day deep in Marin capped off with dinner at Due West

It’s Pumpkin Time!

Great morning yesterday picking our 2020 pumpkins at Foggy River Farm on Eastside Road just south of Healdsburg.

Angel Island

Trying to escape another little heatwave up north, we headed south to explore Angel Island today. The 9AM ferry took us over to the island, […]

Hartford

Adventures during the 2020 harvest!

Nor Cal Heatwave

We definitely missed Mum – she was busy with the grape harvest – but we made the most of some new trails in JDSF all […]

The Walbridge Fire

As I write this on August 24, the Walbridge Fire and associated LNU Lighting Complex definitely isn’t contained, but as humidity has risen and winds […]

Gas Cap and Confusion

Made a day trip out to JDSF for the day to escape the smoke from the Walbridge Fire, we also managed to snag some beach […]

Happy Birthday Wild Man!

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! […]

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…

A Day in Mendocino

An awesome day exploring JDSF following by some beach time and dinner at Patterson’s

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 […]