Revived!

After a long hiatus I decided to dust off the old blog and spruce it up a bit. A lot has gone on since July and it's difficult to summarize six months of your life in a few paragraphs so I'll make it a couple of posts rather than cram it all in one.

August was a great month for fun. We started out with two camping/water skiing trips, one with my family to Bullards Bar and one with B's family at Silcot. Bullards bar has amazingly blue, warm water, it was like being in Hawaii. We brought our pop up tent, and chairs and set them out along the shore and spent the day skiing and tubing back and forth in our own private cove.

Later on in the month we took a trip up to eastern Washington to the snake river and spent a few days with B's family camping and skiing on the river. The weather was a little colder and the river was definitely colder, but we had better water to wakeboard on. Not that it mattered much, it wasn't like I was doing back flips but it was nice to get a few inches of air.

At the end of the month B and I took a backpacking trip up to Loch Leven Lakes. It's a quick trip up highway 80 and only about 5 miles to the upper lake. Perfect for a three day weekend. You're far enough from civilization to feel like you are really out in the woods but close enough that you'll be back home before the sun goes down..

In September John and I did an epic mountain bike ride up to the flume trail in south lake Tahoe. I was not really in bike shape, especially at 8000+ elevation so I was sucking wind no the second half of the ride as we climbed higher and higher. It was like a never ending switchback for what seemed like hours. It was worth it though since we had miles of downhill all the way back to the truck.

B and I celebrated our one year anniversary! I guess time really does fly when you are having fun. We took a trip back to the place we got engaged at down In Elk, CA and stayed at the little bed and breakfast we had stayed at earlier.

October found us in SF to celebrate my uncle's wedding. It great to see some of the family y again and spend some time in the big city. They live in a really neat apartment complex in the heart of the city. I think I'd like living in SF for a little while, maybe a year max, but then I'd be ready to move somewhere with a little more room to stretch my legs.

Part two coming up in a few days or so.





Mijo goes for a swim.




The little guy trying to get warm after his swim.




B getting ready for a ride.





Pops and Lena getting ready for a tumble.




A view of the Bullards Bar Dam, it's pretty big.




Danelle getting air!




Noah, getting ready to take a dive, that looks like it's gonna hurt.




I got about 2 inches in the air, boo!




B lining up for some huge air!





Headed up the trail to upper Loch Leven Lake.




A view of the upper lake. Our campsite is on the other side near the tree line.




I attempt to jump over the clouds.




B leaps over a tree!




Even our shadows are having fun!




Getting ready to head across the flume.




John strikes a pose with Lake Tahoe in the background.




On the way down to the sinkhole where we got engaged.




The view from our room at the B&B. You can't beat it!



In our Saturday best at my uncles wedding.




Uncle Dan and Aunt Rachel



A parting shot from San Francisco.