Through The Lens

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 […]

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!