I know this probably doesn’t look that impressive, but this picture was taken at about 1:00pm on what’s supposed to be a clear blue sky day.  Ordinarily, you’d be able to easily see the hills in the distance quite vividly.  However, thousands of acres surrounding Sonoma County are burning, and the sky is overcast with …

Just a reminder.

Outside our room at The Sanctuary.  Up on camelback mountain there was this rock formation that looked like someone climbing or praying.  Photo taken with my cellphone.

As we were driving north, a fog bank was ending just on the edge of Pismo on 101 towards San Luis Obispo.  Julianne took this wonderful shot.

Julianne’s toes and the road home

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took Julianne on a Sunday after-dinner bike ride to the trail so she could see what it’s like.  She snapped some pics as we were cruising.  It’s perfect out right now.  Warm west county weather is hard to beat!

Trailhead for my commute.  Riding a bike to work is highly recommended!  I ended up driving my car to work on Friday because my legs were so sore, but it’s Sunday now and I feel lots better.  The Bike Peddler in Santa Rosa, especially Chris, has been really good about offering me suggestions and tips …

Well, tomorrow I’m doing it.  I’m riding my bike the eight miles it takes to get to work.  Luckily, we have a killer bike path that I’m pretty sure will cover at least 80% of my commute.  Probably more.  Too good to pass up. So here’s my new bike that I bought from someone off …

these gas prices suck.  Oh well, I guess it was bound to happen some time.  I’m sure this is one of many challenges our world is going to have to face in the near future.  Anyway, it’s helped me decide to commute via bike to work.  That’s 8+ miles, each way.  So I bought a …