We spent the day with Sharon and Paul down in the Monterey Bay area. Once we got home about 11 PM I walked to the back of the house and saw a catastrophy. There were giant, orange glowing sections of Angel Island. I immediately thought that there had been a plane crash on the island during one of the airshows during the day’s Fleet Week events. Turned to SFGate.com and they are just calling it a wild fire and no mention of a plane crash. So that’s good, no one lost their life, except for the island. We almost went to the island a few weeks back when Phil was visiting, but got to the ferry area too late to have enough time to take it in. I regret it now because who knows when we’ll have another opportunity to see it. It is going to take years for the island to recover.
I was able to snap some photos, here they are:
And a really crappy video:
UPDATE: To see pics from the day after checkout the full gallery.
This is getting published a little late, but we took a trip a few weeks ago for our anniversary up the coast and into Oregon. We went as far north as Portland and then came back through Tahoe. A friend lent us her car for the trip, a hybrid Prius which saved us a ton on gas - thanks Sara!!!!
This is the bottom of a fallen redwood. I could have crawled inside, but wasn’t feeling that brave!
Dave in the redwoods - he finally had a legitimate excuse to use “big” and “wood” in the same sentence!
Sexy beast!
Our friend Betsy went to the University of Oregon in Eugene, so we stopped by for a look as we passed through. Betsy is a very enthusiastic U of O supporter (she once bought a bunch of us Oregon t-shirts when we went to watch a Cal/Oregon game!). So Betsy - this is for you! Go Ducks!!
While we were in Portland, we took a ride to the Columbia River Gorge to see waterfalls and Mount Hood. The waterfalls were great! Mount Hood, however, was a little shy……..
Did you ever doubt there was a Weed, CA?
And Tahoe - ah, Tahoe. I love Tahoe!
Of course, when we got home, the cat was VERY happy to see Dave. Even me, too! She was underfoot so much for a few days that I must have stepped on her five times! After that, she was not as excited to see me.
All in all, the perfect ending to a terrific first year of marriage! Love you Dave!
Here’s the video I took during the BYOBW race on Easter. I had the video camera in one hand and my DSLR in the other hand so sorry about the quality.
Dave and I did not have any plans for Easter this year, which turned out to be great because we got to go to the annual Bring Your Own Big Wheel (BYOBW) race. BYOBW used to take place on Lombard St, but apparently the residents had a problem with all the extra people hanging around their homes, so they threatened to sue the organizers (come on, if you live on Lombard St, you’re asking for it!). I managed to fight my way to the front, even after a very short woman made a rather catty comment about how hard it is to be short in crowds (I squatted down to take the video, so I don’t think she was talking about me). I also managed to not get hit by any of the racers, not a small feat, as you will see. This has to be the funniest event I have ever seen! The race was on the real crookedest street in San Francisco, Vermont St. Crookeder than Lombard, but not nearly as picturesque. The funniest thing I saw that day was racers tearing around the corner and their child-sized plastic big wheel completely collapsing beneath them, leaving the racer sitting on the pavement, looking forlorn. Anyway, enjoy!
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