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When I announced my move back to southern california, more than a few of my outdoorsy friends offered a mix

A while back, Kim and I took out the tandem for an awesome tour of Sacramento and the Delta. About 36 miles. Loving the tandem, but I need to figure out some better bars, my hands go numb. We stopped for a quick snack and some warm drinks. Total we rode was nearly 40 miles, our longest tandem ride to date.

Last weekend, we were fishing around for an idea for something to do, and had the brainstorm to go backpacking in the snow. Two sets of rental snowshoes and some furious packing later, we were heading to the mtns.

It’s been a slow year for whitewater paddling in CA so far. just not a lot happening. Although it’s gotten better over the last few weeks, we’re looking at a potential drought this year. I’ve done a number of low water trips down the North Fork of the American river, Chamberlain Falls run.

Christmas with Geoff’s family is no small affair. It goes for days. It’s always a little tough to make it to Texas for the holidays, but it’s always worth it.

This past weekend was the national championship for surf kayaking, held at Davenport, CA, and organized by Buck Johnson. I

[singlepic id=”1994″ nggid=”298″ w=320 h=240 float=]I’ve seen the Dave Matthews Band perform something like 40-50 times since ’93-’94. Nearly without

Kim and I had another fun weekend. Saturday we joined our freinds Erol and Paula for breakfast, then did a

With the crazy rise in gas prices, and the fear of recession, papers and magazines keep talking about people taking

After a few days in Guatemala, Kim and Geoff head to Belize for some beachside relaxing and snorkeling.

The other day we were at the Mayan ruins in Tikal in Guatemala, swatting away Mosquitos. At the last minute,

Hi everyone! I had a good flight to Guatemala and landed yesterday morning. Geoff picked me from the airport and

I suppose, after my last post, it would be hard for Guatemala to get worse. If it did, I probably

First, let me apologize, I have no new pictures.  My camera is in recover mode, tough in the humid environment

Kim’s friend Hong came to visit us in Northern California. [nggallery id=”1633″ nggid=”97″]

Sometimes staying home is a good idea. A rough day of paddling on the amazing south silver creek.

I’ve spoiled myself over the last few days. I didn’t take pictures, but I had a great few days. Weds:

Kim and I headed over to Cache Creek today. We met our friends Paula and Erol. They were renting a

Kim and I took our tandem whitewater kayak out for a fun run down the class II+ section of the

Yesterday I went paddling. Paddled my new Pyranha Everest kayak, which was awesome. Met my friend Sabrina at 1, and

We had an awesome, fun day skiing/snowboarding at Alpine Meadows, near Lake Tahoe. It was a pretty day, warm spring

Kim and I had our maiden voyage of our new (to us) toy, a KHS tandemMountain bike. It was fun,

[singlepic id=”2289″ nggid=”768″ w=490 float=center] Kim and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary this weekend with a lovely weekend in Yosemite.

My husband and friends took me out to celebrate my belated 30th birthday with a deep sea fishing trip. It

I was looking in my Picassa albums, and saw a folder of pictures that Nickolaus and Melissa Brown (brother and

In January 2000, I was fortunate enough to be able to travel to Nepal to complete field research for my

Sespe creek is an amazing wilderness run in Southern California. We spent three days and two nights kayaking an incredible Class V stretch of whitewater in March of 2008.