I (Geoff) started a blog for my college outdoor club sometime around 1995 or so. Pretty early days of the WWW. In some form or another, I’ve been blogging about life and in particular adventures and the outdoors ever since. Some of the earliest stuff is forever lost, but I’ve hung onto some of it.
I’ve enjoyed sharing with friends and family who are spread around the world, and I’ve enjoyed having a digital journal of all of it.
In the late 1990’s I was pretty involved with the online usenet group, rec.climbing. Both online and in real life, I met and climbed with a bunch of folks, and got the nickname Texaskilonewton which became the first domain name I remember buying. When Kim and I got married, I bought this KimandGeoff.com domain name. When Hazel was born, I was sitting holding her in the hospital, and built a site to chronicle our adventures as new parents. I named it www.b.lueberry.com. Blueberry had been the nickname we used for the baby when she was so small we didn’t know a gender or name. I’ve used that title for the “family/daily life” portion of this site.
At various points I built and maintained a few other blogs. I tried my hand blogging about clean tech business, gardening, and about software and technology. Those sites are long dead. I’ve built dozens of websites over the years, and this website has gone through several major revamps. Because of that, there are some oddities. You’ll find this like picture galleries that change formats depending on the page. On some of the posts the pictures are tiny, back from the days when digital cameras sucked and data was precious for storage. I’ll try and go back and update as much as I can, but for now.
At some point, Facebook became the primary place I shared online, and I didn’t keep up with this site. But for various reasons a lot of folks aren’t using Facebook anymore, and I hate the idea that my memories are at the whim of Meta, so I am attempting to go back through and update and rebuild this site. I also merged the two sites into one, to lower the costs and make the upkeep easier.
It’s a slow process for sure, but take a look around. I’m lucky to have lived a very rich life full of amazing experiences and I hope you might enjoy seeing photos, videos and reading our stories.
We all went to Catalina so that Hazel could get her scuba certification. Margot and Kim went to the Zipline, and I handed Margot my GoPro and asked her to film. She did an amazing job and produced just about the cutest video you can
Hazel had an assignment to write a “narrative story” for school. The teacher told her to focus more on making the story exciting than worrying about accuracy, so some of the details are off a bit. But I liked the story. By Hazel: My Narrative
National parks are one of the best ideas america has ever had, and deserve to be protected at all costs. The Grand Canyon is an incredible place and we’ve made several trips there, most memorably rafting and kayaking the full length of the canyon several
This was taken while hazel was a month or two old, certainly way before she started raiding the snack pantry and asking for "help" with canned goods.
Pictures from our trip to the San Diego wild animal park a few weeks ago. Hazel had a great time. Margot slept a lot. Super neat place. Lot’s of walking. I didn’t take a ton of pictures, my hands were full much of the day.
At the risk of jinxing this new routine, I have to say that in the last few weeks Hazel has started to sleep from around 9 pm to 1 to 3 am. This is a nice long stretch, and the longest stretch of the day.
Davenport is a unique cove for surf. When it’s big, there is a deep water channel that allows you to paddle out in conditions that would make many beaches impossible. I’ve surfed some big waves there. The contest was a staple on the west coast
Earlier in May I spent a week paddling the Salt River, in Arizona. Was a fun time, with good company, good food, great scenery and amazing skies, and a surprise bonus of the northern lights! I’ve not really paddled much the last few years, mostly
There have been a few different contests for waveskis and kayaks held at Ventura over the years, including the first surf kayak I ever attended, and later my best contest finish ever where I was ranked as the #2 American waveski paddler. I don’t have
