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Kudos to Bridget on the new background. :)
- Jeremy and Bridget
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Summer update...
So, the summer updates haven't been any more frequent as the other updates as of late... I apologize. Life has actually been semi-eventful, so enjoy the pics and associated stories below!
A few weeks after our last post, Bridget and I decided to venture further south than we had ever before for Memorial Day Weekend. We drove the 5 hours down to Santa Barbara, CA (it's a bit north of LA). Anyway, we had heard great things about it, so we figured it would be great weekend getaway destination. We drove down on Saturday morning, explored around a bit, went hiking on Sunday (would you expect anything else?), and drove back on Monday. Bad idea to drive back on the holiday, but we didn't have much of a choice... But we stopped to see a friend on the way, so that made it worth it. :) Enjoy the pics!
So, here are the hike pictures. However, before I get to the pictures, there is a slight bit more than the pictures show. The hike was supposed to be a nice, easy 3-mile hike up to some pools of water along the waterfalls that come down to Santa Barabara area. Nice, right? So, problem #1 was that we didn't have a map. I took pictures of the trail guide with my phone, but that wasn't enough. Problem #2 was the lack of signage. Anywhere. So, we were semi-blindly following a trail that didn't really exist anyway. Not the best of strategies... We ended up on a different hike (that also was unmarked) that involved some rock-climbing. We're all about rock-climbing, but not without any fair warning. So, most of the way up the hill, we realized our error and had to backtrack. We ended up finding where we were "supposed" to go, but had already hike a few extra miles, so decided to save it for next time... :)
The next weekend, I had to go to San Antonio for work, so here are a few pictures from that trip.
The next week was my Biodesign graduation. My parents and grandparents came all the way from Illinois, which was pretty cool. So, we all bummed around the Bay Area and beyond for the long weekend and afterward. Here are some pics of the graduation.
Since graduation, we went hiking at a local state park called Mt. Diablo State Park. We did a nice 8-mile hike last weekend. Here is a pic of us from that hike.
So, that's the latest update. And as I was uploading pictures, I got a warning that I had reached my limit on the number of pictures I could upload. So, stay tuned for what we figure out for keeping the blog alive! (gotta love the suspense, right?)
~ Jeremy
A few weeks after our last post, Bridget and I decided to venture further south than we had ever before for Memorial Day Weekend. We drove the 5 hours down to Santa Barbara, CA (it's a bit north of LA). Anyway, we had heard great things about it, so we figured it would be great weekend getaway destination. We drove down on Saturday morning, explored around a bit, went hiking on Sunday (would you expect anything else?), and drove back on Monday. Bad idea to drive back on the holiday, but we didn't have much of a choice... But we stopped to see a friend on the way, so that made it worth it. :) Enjoy the pics!
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| The beach never gets old... :) |
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| Lazy seals... |
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| The beach in Santa Barbara |
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| At the beginning of the hike |
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| Sun-bathing lizard |
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| The "hike" involved some rock climbing! |
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| The view from where we got up to |
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| Us on the beach our last night |
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| Bridget's silhouette against the sunset |
The next weekend, I had to go to San Antonio for work, so here are a few pictures from that trip.
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| View #1 from San Antonio's Space Needle Restaurant |
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| View #2 from San Antonio's Space Needle Restaurant |
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| The Alamo |
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| Bridget and me |
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| Yeah, we all had to sit on stage for the whole thing |
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| Bridget and me with two couples from our church group. |
Since graduation, we went hiking at a local state park called Mt. Diablo State Park. We did a nice 8-mile hike last weekend. Here is a pic of us from that hike.
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| Us :) |
So, that's the latest update. And as I was uploading pictures, I got a warning that I had reached my limit on the number of pictures I could upload. So, stay tuned for what we figure out for keeping the blog alive! (gotta love the suspense, right?)
~ Jeremy
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Back online...
It's been quite the last two months out here in California. Since reading about stuff we've been up to, I figured I would throw up a bunch of pictures since they're more interesting anyway. :)
We went up to Tahoe in early March with a group of friends from church. Here are a few pictures out by the lake.
Most of the weekend was spent inside playing games and hanging out, so not many pictures there. :)
A few weekends after the Tahoe trip, my friend Mark came into town for a few days. We had hoped to do some hiking with him, but we got rained out. So, we went to the movies and saw "Act of Valor", which was a great movie, and stopped by a hardware store and got some supplies for Bridget and I to create our own patio garden. :) We got two long skinny planters and planted tomatoes and peppers. They're growing pretty well now, so we're excited for some homegrown produce!
A few weekends ago, we went hiking with one of my teammates and his wife. It was a nice 10-mile hike through the woods near where we live. It had rained quite a bit that week, so the gently stream that you cross half-way through became a much more treacherous torrent. But we crossed it on a huge redwood that fell down across the creek.
In other news, I ran a 10K last weekend in the hills around here with a friend. The race claimed it was 1600' vertical feet gain throughout the race. I think that may be a little exaggerated, but it was a tough climb from mile 2 to mile 4 (yeah, pretty much 2 straight miles of climbing). But I ended up winning the race, which was cool. Definitely didn't expect that, but if happened. :)
So, that's not as extensive of an update as I used to write; but there hasn't been too much activity as of late. (hopefully we're not just getting boring...)
Anyway, until next time!
Jeremy
We went up to Tahoe in early March with a group of friends from church. Here are a few pictures out by the lake.
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| Clear Blue sky with snow in the background |
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| Pier reaching out into the water |
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| The two of us |
Most of the weekend was spent inside playing games and hanging out, so not many pictures there. :)
A few weekends after the Tahoe trip, my friend Mark came into town for a few days. We had hoped to do some hiking with him, but we got rained out. So, we went to the movies and saw "Act of Valor", which was a great movie, and stopped by a hardware store and got some supplies for Bridget and I to create our own patio garden. :) We got two long skinny planters and planted tomatoes and peppers. They're growing pretty well now, so we're excited for some homegrown produce!
A few weekends ago, we went hiking with one of my teammates and his wife. It was a nice 10-mile hike through the woods near where we live. It had rained quite a bit that week, so the gently stream that you cross half-way through became a much more treacherous torrent. But we crossed it on a huge redwood that fell down across the creek.
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| Bridget crossing the tree (about 15-20 feet above the water) |
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| The four of us post-hike. (I guess I didn't get the "sunglasses memo") |
So, that's not as extensive of an update as I used to write; but there hasn't been too much activity as of late. (hopefully we're not just getting boring...)
Anyway, until next time!
Jeremy
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Wow, it's almost March now...
So, I didn't realize how much of a slacker I have been until I saw that my last post was January 7th... Needless to say, alot has happened since then. I'll try to recount the happenings of the last bunch of weeks...
So, the weekend of January 6-8th has completely slipped away. But I'm sure it was fun. We probably hung out, played tennis, and had a blast.
The next weekend, we went hiking with one of the Biodesign Fellows from Singapore. His name is Tze (pronounced "zee"... at least by me...). We went for a nice couple-mile hike up on the hills overlooking the Bay. It was alot of fun. That was the most noteworthy happening of that weekend. :)
On to January 20-22... My brother, dad, and a friend flew out for this weekend and the four of us headed up to Tahoe. Now, Tahoe has been having a dismal winter as far as snow was going. They didn't get snow between Thanksgiving and the weekend we went. The snow forecasts were hitting up near 4-6 FEET over the long weekend! Needless to say, we were stoked! And a little scared about driving over the mountains in the snow to get there. Luckily, it was just raining when we got there. And by "raining", I mean "RAINING CATS AND DOGS". The whole three hours from Sacramento to Tahoe. It was nearly a white-out at times with the amount of rain. But, Saturday morning greeted us with a good 1.5 feet of snow and more coming down by the minute. The buses had chains on to get around. It was amazing!
We snowboarded Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Another storm rolled through on Sunday night and dropped another 2 feet, so we had a fantastic day on Monday. We got to the lift 30 minutes before it opened to make sure we were close to the front of the line. And I say "close" to the front of the line because we were probably 10th in line at that point. Yeah. But it was so worth it. The first run with two feet of snow was amazing!
Here are a random sampling of pictures from the time.
Oh... and the best part of the whole trip... So, there was a little Cinnabon shop at the bottom of the elevator in the hotel we stayed in. Which is a perfect way to get some carbs before a day of hard riding. So, we headed down early Saturday morning to get some breakfast. Being the shrewd (and mostly broke) people we are, we ended up getting 8 day-old Cinnabons for the price of 6 (like $15 or something like that). So, we each had one every morning for the whole trip! So cost-effective, it was great! Although, by the third day of being "day-old", they lost a little of the appeal... :)
Anyway, on to the next weekend (Jan 27-29). Bridget had the weekend off of nannying, so we headed down to Morro Bay / San Luis Obispo area for a weekend away. We headed down Saturday morning and went hiking for a few hours right away. We hiked a bit off the beaten path - went a few miles out of town and hiked up these hills and into a military establishment. The trail was supposed to end at the beach, but we ran out of time to get there and back. And we didn't want to get stuck out there with the sun down. Anyway, here are a few pictures from that hike.
We had a nice chill Sunday. We went down to the beach and pitched a picnic blanket and read and chatted for a few hours. The sun was shining and the breeze was rolling in off the water. But they were in the perfect balance such that anything in the sun was warm, but not too hot, and anything in the shade was nice and cool. It was great!
After hanging out for awhile, we grabbed lunch at one of the hometown icon clam chowder shops. The line was out the door and around the corner for a solid hour. I got a bread bowl of clam chowder and it was sooo worth the wait. After lunch, we walked down the boardwalk and watched the surfers and fisherpeople for a little while. And then had a nice relaxing drive home.
So, moving right along into February! Weekend of February 3rd-5th. The coolest part of this weekend was going to the San Francisco Academy of Sciences on Sunday. We went with Jagdish, one of the Stanford-India Biodesign Fellows, and our friend John. We went right after church and got there about half an hour early. And the line was literally half a mile long already! It was insane! By the time we finally got in, it was half an hour after it had opened! But the museum was great! We saw a "movie" in the planetarium, walked through a rainforest (felt like summer in Illinois!), and got an underside view of the aquarium from the tunnels the have underneath. And it was all free! It was alot of fun.
Then, the disappointing part. We heard that a bunch of people get together and play ultimate frisbee on Sunday afternoons on campus. I was so excited to play, until my friend told me that they weren't playing because of the Super Bowl. So, I was thinking that would happen, but was reassured on Friday that the game was on. But, alas, it didn't happen. So, Bridget and I went home and watched a little bit of the end of the Super Bowl. And then had some friends over for dinner, which was alot of fun.
On to weekend of February 10th-12th. The coolest part of the weekend was hiking on Saturday with an old friend Troy and his friend Josh. I worked for Troy at Biomet during my undergrad and we've stayed good friends since then. Anyway, he and Josh were in San Francisco for a conference and needed to get out and do something active. So, Bridget and I picked them up on Saturday morning and went for a nice 8-mile hike in the Marin Headlands (north of San Francisco). Here are a few pics, although Troy took the best pictures hands-down.
Oh, and then we did play frisbee on Sunday. It was a BLAST! Hadn't played in awhile... and hadn't been for a week in awhile either... But totally worth it!
Alrighty... February 17th-19th... We went hiking with an old friend from Purdue up in the Santa Cruz hills. The trail was supposed to take 1.5 hours and we did it in 20 minutes. Well, we may have missed the trail, but we just made our own trail after that and hiked around for almost two hours. Then had Chipotle for lunch. I'm a big fan of Chipotle. :) That was Saturday. On Sunday, we went to church and then had lunch at a friend's new house. I helped with some remodeling and then three of us went and played ultimate. Which was amazing (again)! Repeat with the soreness though... No pictures, unfortunately...
And then this past weekend. We actually had a nice chill Saturday and didn't do much of anything until playing tennis and going to a bonfire with a bunch of friends from church. The bonfire was great. Especially since it was warm enough in February to chill out and make S'Mores. And there weren't any mosquitos! Then today we went to church, ran some errands, and played ultimate. It was pretty competitive today, but was a blast. There's nothing really like chasing a little disk around at full speed for 2.5 hours. And the weather was the perfect 55 and sunny with a little breeze. Oh yeah... :)
So, that's the quickest update ever. Hope you made it through without falling asleep (no worries if you did... I'm battling the heavy eyelids and I'm trying to write it!).
Until the next time I get enough energy to crank out an update!
Jeremy
So, the weekend of January 6-8th has completely slipped away. But I'm sure it was fun. We probably hung out, played tennis, and had a blast.
The next weekend, we went hiking with one of the Biodesign Fellows from Singapore. His name is Tze (pronounced "zee"... at least by me...). We went for a nice couple-mile hike up on the hills overlooking the Bay. It was alot of fun. That was the most noteworthy happening of that weekend. :)
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| Tze and Me |
On to January 20-22... My brother, dad, and a friend flew out for this weekend and the four of us headed up to Tahoe. Now, Tahoe has been having a dismal winter as far as snow was going. They didn't get snow between Thanksgiving and the weekend we went. The snow forecasts were hitting up near 4-6 FEET over the long weekend! Needless to say, we were stoked! And a little scared about driving over the mountains in the snow to get there. Luckily, it was just raining when we got there. And by "raining", I mean "RAINING CATS AND DOGS". The whole three hours from Sacramento to Tahoe. It was nearly a white-out at times with the amount of rain. But, Saturday morning greeted us with a good 1.5 feet of snow and more coming down by the minute. The buses had chains on to get around. It was amazing!
We snowboarded Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Another storm rolled through on Sunday night and dropped another 2 feet, so we had a fantastic day on Monday. We got to the lift 30 minutes before it opened to make sure we were close to the front of the line. And I say "close" to the front of the line because we were probably 10th in line at that point. Yeah. But it was so worth it. The first run with two feet of snow was amazing!
Here are a random sampling of pictures from the time.
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| The Three Amigos headed up the Gondola on Sunday morning |
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| Bluebird sky on Sunday morning |
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| Jon and Phil just being themselves... Heavy snow showers by Sunday afternoon... |
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| Jon was pretty proud of his "ice-beard" |
Anyway, on to the next weekend (Jan 27-29). Bridget had the weekend off of nannying, so we headed down to Morro Bay / San Luis Obispo area for a weekend away. We headed down Saturday morning and went hiking for a few hours right away. We hiked a bit off the beaten path - went a few miles out of town and hiked up these hills and into a military establishment. The trail was supposed to end at the beach, but we ran out of time to get there and back. And we didn't want to get stuck out there with the sun down. Anyway, here are a few pictures from that hike.
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| Spectacular Coastline 1 |
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| Spectacular Coastline 2 |
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| Bridget drinking all of the water in the Camelback... |
We had a nice chill Sunday. We went down to the beach and pitched a picnic blanket and read and chatted for a few hours. The sun was shining and the breeze was rolling in off the water. But they were in the perfect balance such that anything in the sun was warm, but not too hot, and anything in the shade was nice and cool. It was great!
After hanging out for awhile, we grabbed lunch at one of the hometown icon clam chowder shops. The line was out the door and around the corner for a solid hour. I got a bread bowl of clam chowder and it was sooo worth the wait. After lunch, we walked down the boardwalk and watched the surfers and fisherpeople for a little while. And then had a nice relaxing drive home.
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| Driving through the rollings hills |
So, moving right along into February! Weekend of February 3rd-5th. The coolest part of this weekend was going to the San Francisco Academy of Sciences on Sunday. We went with Jagdish, one of the Stanford-India Biodesign Fellows, and our friend John. We went right after church and got there about half an hour early. And the line was literally half a mile long already! It was insane! By the time we finally got in, it was half an hour after it had opened! But the museum was great! We saw a "movie" in the planetarium, walked through a rainforest (felt like summer in Illinois!), and got an underside view of the aquarium from the tunnels the have underneath. And it was all free! It was alot of fun.
Then, the disappointing part. We heard that a bunch of people get together and play ultimate frisbee on Sunday afternoons on campus. I was so excited to play, until my friend told me that they weren't playing because of the Super Bowl. So, I was thinking that would happen, but was reassured on Friday that the game was on. But, alas, it didn't happen. So, Bridget and I went home and watched a little bit of the end of the Super Bowl. And then had some friends over for dinner, which was alot of fun.
On to weekend of February 10th-12th. The coolest part of the weekend was hiking on Saturday with an old friend Troy and his friend Josh. I worked for Troy at Biomet during my undergrad and we've stayed good friends since then. Anyway, he and Josh were in San Francisco for a conference and needed to get out and do something active. So, Bridget and I picked them up on Saturday morning and went for a nice 8-mile hike in the Marin Headlands (north of San Francisco). Here are a few pics, although Troy took the best pictures hands-down.
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| Waves rolling onto the beach |
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| Clouds shrouding the hills behind the accent of this cool flower |
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| The three amigos |
Alrighty... February 17th-19th... We went hiking with an old friend from Purdue up in the Santa Cruz hills. The trail was supposed to take 1.5 hours and we did it in 20 minutes. Well, we may have missed the trail, but we just made our own trail after that and hiked around for almost two hours. Then had Chipotle for lunch. I'm a big fan of Chipotle. :) That was Saturday. On Sunday, we went to church and then had lunch at a friend's new house. I helped with some remodeling and then three of us went and played ultimate. Which was amazing (again)! Repeat with the soreness though... No pictures, unfortunately...
And then this past weekend. We actually had a nice chill Saturday and didn't do much of anything until playing tennis and going to a bonfire with a bunch of friends from church. The bonfire was great. Especially since it was warm enough in February to chill out and make S'Mores. And there weren't any mosquitos! Then today we went to church, ran some errands, and played ultimate. It was pretty competitive today, but was a blast. There's nothing really like chasing a little disk around at full speed for 2.5 hours. And the weather was the perfect 55 and sunny with a little breeze. Oh yeah... :)
So, that's the quickest update ever. Hope you made it through without falling asleep (no worries if you did... I'm battling the heavy eyelids and I'm trying to write it!).
Until the next time I get enough energy to crank out an update!
Jeremy
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Happy 2012!!!
Well, since I lowered everyone's expectations with the last posts' reference to not posting until after the New Year, I'm practically on time! :) But, alas, much has transpired since Dec. 10th...
We headed back home to Rockford on December 17th; just in time to celebrate Christmas with Bridget's family on the 18th. Everyone was there, so it was a fun time with family (and food too, of course). They celebrated a week early to help reduce the busyness on Christmas Day for everyone and make sure everyone could come. It was a pretty decent plan and worked out pretty well.
The next week was pretty much a blur of getting coffee with friends, shopping (Bridget did more than I...), watching movies (saw Alvin and the Chipmunks III and the new Mission Impossible), playing games, and catching up with family. My brother surprised my mom by coming back early in time for Christmas, so my whole family was together for Christmas.
The most unfortunate part of Christmas was the lack of snow. I even brought my snow pants and gloves home, but to no avail. It was a brown Christmas this year. Always hope for next year.
We came back to California a few days before the New Year because Bridget and I had to work (well, I didn't have to, but did want to get some loose ends tied up). But it was quite relaxing and the 60-degree temperatures warmed us back up from Illinois.
On New Year's Day, we drove down to Big Sur, which is a coastal town/region a little over 2 hours south of Palo Alto. We got a sweet deal at a hotel for a room with meals included at the hotel's restaurant. We rolled into town Sunday mid-morning and promptly drove to the wrong hotel to check in. For some reason, I was thinking the hotel was inside one of the state parks. Alas, it was the one just outside the state park. So, once that was squared away, Bridget and I set off on a 9-ish mile hike up Mount Manuel.
The trail was pretty rugged at times; parts were washed out a little and others were more overgrown. Plenty of poison oak around too. But the hike was great. We were in and out of the shade the whole way up, which was nice because it was 72-degrees out (hence the summer clothes...)! But, enough rambling and on to the pictures!
We eventually made it back down and to our hotel. We tried to catch the sunset before dinner, but it happened so quickly that all we got were some pink clouds, which were still pretty cool.
All of the hiking made for quite an appetite, so we were definitely ready for dinner by the time we made it back. Dinner was great. We were sat on the far wall, right next to a huge window looking into the forest. After some post-dinner strategizing for the next day, it was lights-out.
Monday morning was supposed to start with bagel sandwiches and a quick hike along the coast before we checked out of the hotel. Luckily, the bagel sandwich part went fine, but the "quick hike" would have required crossing a small river without a bridge. It was much cooler that morning, so we didn't feel like getting our feet all wet and then hiking and risking blisters and all. So, we went back to the hotel and checked out and figured we would head the other direction and try another hike I found. Half-way there, we pulled off to admire the coast (it's really tough to not stop at every vista point because it's just so spectacular!) and ended up talking with a Highway Patrolman who gave us directions to our hike and recommendations for a few other hikes to check out if we had time.
Anyway, so we kept going along the coast and pulled off for our hike, only to find out that it was closed. So, we went to third-string hike, and weren't disappointed... We hiked down to a secluded cove beneath a hairpin turn in the highway.
And, yes, we did see dolphins and whales out that day. Bridget took a bunch of pictures of them, but they are really hard to see... (not sure if she actually got them in the picture or not...) But it was pretty neat to see them just swimming along nonetheless. :) After this short hike, we drove a little further and got out to see a famous waterfall (McKay falls, I believe it is called) onto the beach near one of the state parks.
After that, we grabbed some lunch food and went on a short hike out to the beach for a picnic lunch on the coast, which was fantastic. It was a bit chilly, but we ate and read our books for a little while.
After spending a few hours here, we went and found a good spot to watch the sunset. Totally worth it. It was amazing!
After taking at least 25 more pictures of the sunset, we started the trek back to Palo Alto, although we did stop at the farmer's market on the highway. Cheapest produce around. And it's good too. :) We made it back in time to catch the 2nd half of the Stanford game. In case you didn't catch the game, it didn't end well for Stanford. And to make matters worse, I was watching the game with 2 friends from church who are originally from Oklahoma. They were actually really good about it, but the fact they were pleased with the outcome (as opposed to the other 10 Stanford fans in the group) couldn't be ignored. But it's just a game, so we're back to friends again. :)
This past week seemed like a blur since we started a day in. But this weekend (so far), we've taken it easy. Relax, read some books, play some tennis, make pancakes for breakfast (oh yeah...). :) Nothing huge planned for tomorrow either, so looking forward to some more R&R.
Stay tuned for my next post (most likely in another month or so...)
~ Jeremy
We headed back home to Rockford on December 17th; just in time to celebrate Christmas with Bridget's family on the 18th. Everyone was there, so it was a fun time with family (and food too, of course). They celebrated a week early to help reduce the busyness on Christmas Day for everyone and make sure everyone could come. It was a pretty decent plan and worked out pretty well.
The next week was pretty much a blur of getting coffee with friends, shopping (Bridget did more than I...), watching movies (saw Alvin and the Chipmunks III and the new Mission Impossible), playing games, and catching up with family. My brother surprised my mom by coming back early in time for Christmas, so my whole family was together for Christmas.
The most unfortunate part of Christmas was the lack of snow. I even brought my snow pants and gloves home, but to no avail. It was a brown Christmas this year. Always hope for next year.
We came back to California a few days before the New Year because Bridget and I had to work (well, I didn't have to, but did want to get some loose ends tied up). But it was quite relaxing and the 60-degree temperatures warmed us back up from Illinois.
On New Year's Day, we drove down to Big Sur, which is a coastal town/region a little over 2 hours south of Palo Alto. We got a sweet deal at a hotel for a room with meals included at the hotel's restaurant. We rolled into town Sunday mid-morning and promptly drove to the wrong hotel to check in. For some reason, I was thinking the hotel was inside one of the state parks. Alas, it was the one just outside the state park. So, once that was squared away, Bridget and I set off on a 9-ish mile hike up Mount Manuel.
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| Yep, that's me in a picture! |
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| Those elevations say we have 2,800' of vertical left... |
The trail was pretty rugged at times; parts were washed out a little and others were more overgrown. Plenty of poison oak around too. But the hike was great. We were in and out of the shade the whole way up, which was nice because it was 72-degrees out (hence the summer clothes...)! But, enough rambling and on to the pictures!
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| See that small line along the hills... that's where the trail went! |
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| On the trail! |
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| Panorama from the top! [Click to make bigger!] The panorama is about 270-degrees of rotation (almost all of the way around) |
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| Still many more peaks to explore! |
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| The trail was a bit overgrown at times... |
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| "Now I've gotta go back down that?!?" |
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| Just missed it... |
Monday morning was supposed to start with bagel sandwiches and a quick hike along the coast before we checked out of the hotel. Luckily, the bagel sandwich part went fine, but the "quick hike" would have required crossing a small river without a bridge. It was much cooler that morning, so we didn't feel like getting our feet all wet and then hiking and risking blisters and all. So, we went back to the hotel and checked out and figured we would head the other direction and try another hike I found. Half-way there, we pulled off to admire the coast (it's really tough to not stop at every vista point because it's just so spectacular!) and ended up talking with a Highway Patrolman who gave us directions to our hike and recommendations for a few other hikes to check out if we had time.
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| The coastline... |
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| And again... |
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| Nice little lookout |
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| The cove... |
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| Another view of the cove |
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| Ready for any whales or dolphins to pop up |
And, yes, we did see dolphins and whales out that day. Bridget took a bunch of pictures of them, but they are really hard to see... (not sure if she actually got them in the picture or not...) But it was pretty neat to see them just swimming along nonetheless. :) After this short hike, we drove a little further and got out to see a famous waterfall (McKay falls, I believe it is called) onto the beach near one of the state parks.
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| The Falls and the beach |
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| The coastline to the north |
After that, we grabbed some lunch food and went on a short hike out to the beach for a picnic lunch on the coast, which was fantastic. It was a bit chilly, but we ate and read our books for a little while.
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| Lunch Spot! |
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| The dynamic dropping of the sun |
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| The water and sky glowing pink |
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| The horizon aglow |
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| The finale! |
After taking at least 25 more pictures of the sunset, we started the trek back to Palo Alto, although we did stop at the farmer's market on the highway. Cheapest produce around. And it's good too. :) We made it back in time to catch the 2nd half of the Stanford game. In case you didn't catch the game, it didn't end well for Stanford. And to make matters worse, I was watching the game with 2 friends from church who are originally from Oklahoma. They were actually really good about it, but the fact they were pleased with the outcome (as opposed to the other 10 Stanford fans in the group) couldn't be ignored. But it's just a game, so we're back to friends again. :)
This past week seemed like a blur since we started a day in. But this weekend (so far), we've taken it easy. Relax, read some books, play some tennis, make pancakes for breakfast (oh yeah...). :) Nothing huge planned for tomorrow either, so looking forward to some more R&R.
Stay tuned for my next post (most likely in another month or so...)
~ Jeremy
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