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Leah, Rachel and I Monday Nov 24-29, 2014 All day cruise down an icy I-25 over Raton Pass to I-40 with aborted plans to visit El Malpais National Monument due to cold and windy conditions. Got to Dead Horse State Park to camp by 8pm. Blackhawk loop, site 111 tent site. Early morning walk up Lower Raptor and back via the new Bones trail. About a 7 or 8 mile loop with awesome views. Scoped it out for tomorrow's mnt bike ride. Leah hooped at the camp site. Afternoon visit with the P's and Dennis and Kelly and Andrew showed up for late afternoon drinks and grand Pastetlie dinner. Wednesday: Road the outer loop trails at Dead Horse. Bones to Rusty Bucket to Upper Raptor to Thumper to Lime Kiln. Awesome trails! Excellent grading on the newer trails with a some rough loose stuff on  the older ones. But well worth schlepping the bikes down here. Leah hooped at the camp site. Afternoon at the P's for an awesome Gschnatzlets dinner. Thursday: Rachel wandered around t

Road trip with Dan Riter and David Russi to reintroduce David to riding dirt and rocks. Camped at CO National Monument, overflow spot on Sand Flats above Slickrock, and on the north rim of the Little Grand Canyon above the San Rafael River in the northern Swell. 

A 3-day trip to visit the p's with Leah. Ran the Raptor to Lime Kiln loop at Deadhorse and hiked up Doe Mtn with Leah. Otherwise, just good time visiting the folks.

Exeter UK, Seoul Korea, Oahu Hawaii all for work. Awesome. Included a 3-day weekend to explore Oahu where I kayaked, hiked, jumped waves, took a kite surfing lesson, paddle boarded , and surfed. Wow. 

10 days in the warmth!  

7 day whirlwind trip to visit KMA to refine a proposal for mountain weather forecast workshops in preparation for the XVIII Winter Olympics.

Thanksgiving trip to visit the Ps. Albuquerque hofel in the snow. Snowy drive across the New Mexico and Arizona flats .Quick hugs in Cottonwood before hheading to Prescott.  Kelly and Andrew, Leah in the dorm. Crummy motel. Thub Btte in th mit. Granite Mointain scrambe. Holiday Inn luxury. Kelly and Andrew vanning it. Rachel suttling and flying it. Dead Horse Point stroll. Leah behind the wheel for 5 plus hours

With Alex and Evan Blum, Jerry Kaufman June 6-11, 2013 Drove the 11 hours to Zion after lunch on Thu. Crashed on a dirt road outside the park in Rockville. Met Jerry at 6am to get this thing kicked off.  Day 1: Bohunnin Canyon Day 2: Boundary Canyon Day 3: shuttled the boys up to Englested Canyon then met them in lower Orderville Canyon and the Narrows Day 4: Das Boot and the Subway (wetsuit required) Day 5: Pine Creek Canyon (wetsuit required) Slept on Grafton Rd each night.  Cooked at the library park in Springdale (wifi code is posted on the library window) Need to get a pair of Tiblocs and cut some ropes to good lengths (60m, 30m). Need double 60m and one 30.  Awesome fun Entrance to Das Boot Heading into Bohunnin The Big Drop into Englested

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Off to the land of the Cardinals. Via Moab to show Alexandra some red rock country Left Tuesday at 5pm and crashed in the Comfort Inn in Fruita. Early breakie to get us to Arches by 9:30 for a hike up to Delicate Arch. Then driving, driving, driving, across the res to Kupatki Nat Monument and dinner at Panda Express in Flagstaff. Into Cottonwood by 8:30 or so. 3 days of hang time for me with parental strolls with the new woofer, Stella. Then back in the saddle on Sat for the treck across AZ, NM and home. Stopped in Camp Verda to deliver Kelly to the airport shuttle, Walnut Canyon for a 9am stroll, Petrified Nat Monument for another stroll, then the long drone home by 11pm.

With Leah, Alexandra, Matias. 2012_08 Sand Dunes Road Trip

April 24-April 1, 2012 6 days/5 nights sailing a Catalina 22 out of Loreto 3 days in Cabo Pulma beack walking, snorkling, chilling 2012_03 Baja Trip

Flew out on our favorite midnight red eye direct to Miami. On the road by 7:30am Saturday morning heading west and north to Pine Island and the boat to Cayo Costa. Spent 3 beautiful days on this outer island paradise, staying in a bunk bed hut and enjoying the beach, kayaking, and reading. Side trip up to St Petersburg to take a college tour of Echard, a bit country clubby but nice, then a drive east across the peninsula to Jupiter. Cow country! But with palm trees. Always surprising to see the back country of this state as it is really rural and agricultural. A pleasant few days with Omi and Opi capped off with a Peruvian lunch and gelato in South Beach with Yoly and Joe before catching our flight home on Friday eve.

2011_08 Crested Butte Mnt Bike Trip A 3-day weekend in CB with Dan. Camped up above Gothic in our favorite spot again, same as last year with Rachel. Got in around 9pm after a full day of work. Dan drove, nice to just sit and take in the views. Tent camping is a bit different from our can bit fine with such good weather. 401 for Friday's ride. Schofield Pass Road was still closed near the pass in the narrows due to a huge snow drift. Won't be opening this year, I don't think. Same beautiful trail with flowers and views galore. Just amazing. Done by noon thirty back at the car for a beer and chips. Off to town to check out the mountain's disk golf course. Waited until 4 to get the $12 twilight ticket by taking the time to do the Lower Loop trail right out of town. Great single track! Must be the locals' favorite lunch ride. Had pizza before heading up to the mnt. Hit the mountain right at 4 and did the full 18 hole course by 6pm, in time to do a dow

From 2011 Droid Pics and Vids Day 1 After a breakfast at the Walnut Cafe in SoBo, and dropping Leah off at Emilia's for delivery to Camp Santa Maria later in the day, Kelly and I were off on a long long drive to the California coast and college visits. Drove north through Longmont to I-25 and Cheyenne before rounding the bend and heading west on I-80. Feels so frustrating to be heading in the wrong direction like that! Across Wyoming, the winds were pretty mild, the views were large, the grasses were green. Windmills, pronghorns, trucks. Kelly took her first stint at the wheel west of Laramie. First time driving 80 into Salt Lake City. Had dinner at a Panda Express in Park City before dropping down into town. Green, green, water in all the rivers and streams. Monsoon rain storm before getting to Park City. Across SLC and into the flats along the Great Salt Lake, which was freshly topped off with melt off and rains. Muddy salt flats all around. Stopped at Bonneville Flats to

6 days, 4 mountains, lots of snowy roads in between :-) Jan 29 - Feb 3 2011

On the way to Cottonwood AZ once again.  This time via Chaco.