Mikey and I had known eachother since the 7th grade, and honestly I never thought he'd ever settle down because he was always a) way too picky and b) well, he's just too picky. Anywho, another great quality about Michael is he's super smart, which is very nicely reflected in his decision to settle down with Solange. Anywho, as my wedding gift to them, I offered to take their wedding photos. I promised Mikey I wouldn't share is precious moments on the web, so these ones have been specially selected for this post (and facebook's LOL). Hope you enjoy. [View Full Entry]

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We hadn't seen Aunt Norma since our wedding, when she traveled all the way to San Francisco to celebrate with us. I'm ashamed to say that it had been nearly 2.5 yrs by the time we finally went up to visit - to attend my childhood friend Mike's wedding (next entry) no less. So we made the 7 hr drive up from Berkeley (with a nice dinner stop in Shasta - love that town) and finally paid Aunt Norma a long over-due visit. Eric doesn't have much of an interest in his family history - or maybe he does but just [View Full Entry]

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We made it out of Big Bear by 9:30 on Wednesday morning. If you know Ed, you know what a feat that was! We went as far as Stockton the first day. A little over 400 miles. Scratch is very happy. It only took him about 30 minutes to figure out how to get from the truck into the camper and he has been there ever since. He did come out for a little while last night on the retractable leash. That went okay, until Ed hit the wrong button and tried to reel him in like a fish! We set [View Full Entry]

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The past week and a half has been full of adventure, beauty, manifestation, and travel. The original plan was to stay in Arcata for the week to spend time with friends, as well as to make some money (at least enough to make up for the precious days taken off of work in Santa Cruz). But as is consistent with my life right now, the Universe had much more exciting and enlightening plans for me! After the first few days in Arcata, Phoenix and I got pulled to continue our travels - first to Redding to visit her Grandmother, and then [View Full Entry]

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Today we finally hit the road! We got up bright and early at 6am, and hit the road at about 7:30. Nothing too exciting has happened today, just mostly cruising on the open road. Tonight the plan is to stay in a motel in Reno, so that puts us at about 500 miles we have to drive today. We have 5 of us traveling together in a total of 4 vehicles. So that gives us an extra driver if someone is tired. The traveling crew includes Jerry Roth, Kyle Mast, Donny Roth, Kendal Eigsti, and of course myself. It was crazy [View Full Entry]

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Obfuscator writes: We left our motel by about 8:00, which was useful, since we knew we had sort of a tight schedule for the day. The continental breakfast was a bit disappointing, consisting of only toast and some scrawny donuts. Still, I'd recommend the motel, unless continental breakfast is a big deal for you. We drove down US-101 into the Redwood National Park, which is actually a conglomeration of several state parks bound together by some federal land. There's an awful lot to see in this area, and we sort of ran out of time to actually see all of it. [View Full Entry]

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ROGUE VALLEY WINE TASTING What could be better than autumn in Oregon? Mushrooms, Pears, Squash, Salmon, Wine. The tree leaves changing from green to sienna to crimson. The crisp, dewy mornings. The nights just cold enough to require that extra blanket and a fire in the woodstove. Ah, sweet sweet Ore-gone, we missed you. On our way back up to Portland after staying with Al and Sharon in Santa Clara, we stayed with Buck and Laurie in Rogue River (which is north of Ashland and Medford, and south of Grants Pass). Beautiful country with fertile valleys and wooded mountains. While we [View Full Entry]

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Tomorrow heading to the "Golden State" California, but for now a day in the south of Oregon, Ashland, the place of the long running Shakespeare festival, staying with my old friend, Willow Cordain. Glaciers National Park, September 15-16: From the northern entrance of Yellowstone, I traveled to Missoula (MT) and the day after over the Road-to-the-sun crossing Glaciers NP from the West to the East entrance. The scenery is great with one Glacier etched mountain range besides the next. Yes, there are still glaciers, but hurry!! Or the just enjoy the scenery. I added some pictures an [View Full Entry]

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