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

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.

Kim and I had another fun weekend. Saturday we joined our freinds Erol and Paula for breakfast, then did a bike ride in Napa, stopping at several vineyards. Sunday I went to the Farmer’s Market, then we paddled the SF American with Jeff, Michael and

With the crazy rise in gas prices, and the fear of recession, papers and magazines keep talking about people taking “staycations”, where you take mini-vacations close to home. I think Kim and I did it this weekend, we had a great time. Saturday we chilled

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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: S.F. American, Riverton to Peavine (plus a bit) -I got up early, worked for a bit, then drove and met Dan up at the takeout.

Kim and I took our tandem whitewater kayak out for a fun run down the class II+ section of the North Fork American river, not far from our home. It was so nice, we went back and did another lap. A gorgeous day on a

Yesterday I went paddling. Paddled my new Pyranha Everest kayak, which was awesome. Met my friend Sabrina at 1, and went and did a low water run on the South Fork Yuba. It was fun, and went smoothly. We pulled under the bridge at 4:15,

We had an awesome, fun day skiing/snowboarding at Alpine Meadows, near Lake Tahoe. It was a pretty day, warm spring conditions. I skiied my new (used, but new to me) Telemark skis, and had a great time, though I felt a bit wobbly and insecure.

Kim and I had our maiden voyage of our new (to us) toy, a KHS tandemMountain bike. It was fun, we did about 15 miles after work tonight.Nothing much, but given the short time we had available, I felt prettygood about it. It is used,

My husband and friends took me out to celebrate my belated 30th birthday with a deep sea fishing trip. It had been postponed for 3 months for various reasons, so even the sore throat and start of a cold that I woke up with that

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A few weeks ago, the Graduate School of Management hosted their Annual Snow day, for alumni and students. Gorgeous conditions and a super nice day at Kirkwood.

Kim works at Union Bank of California, in their Sustainability department. Her LinkedIn page is here. Geoff’s work is much harder to sum up in a single sentence. I have an MBA from UC Davis, and for several years ran a start-up trying to commercialize

These Photos are from October, 2007, but I’d never linked to them from here. Last October, we did a Murder Mystery Dinner Cruise in Long Beach to celebrate Phoung’s Birthday. The following day, there was an 80’s themed party to welcome John home from the

I haven’t done a ton of paddling this year, and taken even fewer picture, but these are a couple photos from a January trip down the NF American. It was a fun run, and a gorgeous day.

(click slideshow for larger images) Kim and I were in San Antonio for my Grandfather’s funeral last weekend. It was a sad weekend, of course, but it was nice to see my family so much. On Sunday morning, my parents were going over some stuff

Taylor wrote: > Got Vitamin I? (Ibuprofin)> You guys must have done the equivalent of running a marathon> yesterday. 5 or 6 hour session!?> We were out least 6 hours. Maybe closer to seven. It was incredible.I’m pretty beat today. Typing is hard. To sum

Pictures of kayak surfing at Hollywood Beach.

Some of you may remember, back a few years ago, when I was consumed with climbing. You might even know that Kim and I met at the climbing gym in Southern California, and were climbing partners and friends before we dated. But over the last

Not a lot of story to tell, but after graduation, I was looking for a short vacation. I met up with Chris, Bruce and Dennis in Southern California, and we loaded up Chris’ big old SUV, and drove into Baja. The surf was small, but

Last Saturday was my graduation ceremony for my MBA degree. It was a bit bittersweet. I was proud to be done, but sad that my friends would all be going their separate ways. I’ve loved the program, and made friends with some incredible folks. I’d

For the last two years, I’ve been a full time student at UC Davis, working on an MBA degree. I’ve learned a ton, and really felt like it was worthwhile. I’ve also been blessed to be surrounded by some of the coolest people I’ve ever

A low water run on Chamberlain falls. [nggallery id=”1576″ nggid=”40″]

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Expression Session Jalama Beach, CA December 20 Jalama Beach is about an hour from Santa Barbara. A long winding road through stunning rolling hill scenery leads a person to a gorgeous strech of california coast, with a nice little campground nestled into a cove amoung

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Photos from a run down the incredible Kyburz stretch of the South fork American. [nggallery id=”1578″ nggid=”42″]

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