Month: July 2019

                             *
                   *   *
                           *
          *
                      *
   *                *
                *
                   *

Saturday July 20th, I competed in a 10k run in the Oakland Redwood Regional Park. The race was put on by Urban Coyote, the same organizers I ran with in January’s Pacifica 10k as part of my 2018 goal list.

At the moment I’m not in great running shape, but have been going out once or twice a week at lunch with a coworker named Scott. We usually run on the bay trails for 2-4 miles which is good training during the week. I’ve also been weight training twice a week and biking to work still, so I felt resonably prepared in terms of fitness.

Saturday morning, Megan, Jane and I made the hour drive up to Oakland on a warm but clear morning. Continue reading “10k, Oakland Redwood Regional Park, CA”

  *   .      *  .     *
       .     *    .    *
 .   *         .     .   *
    .     *    .   *   .
   .  *    .     .   *   .

Jane’s first camping trip!

The three of us went on a two night trip to nearby Big Basin Redwoods State Park in the Santa Cruz mountains for Jane’s introduction to sleeping outdoors. Overall it went great and Megan and I think Jane really was amazed by all the lush vibrant greenery we saw walking around the park over the course of our three day trip.

I selected Big Basin specifically because Continue reading “Camping, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, CA”