It's Been Too Long Since I Made a Post... Cambria California, April 2023



 I will be up-loading some photos from a California trip Starla and I took in April, 2023.

We flew into Las Vegas, picked up our rental car and made a road trip across California. Our destination was a small town on the Pacific Coast Highway called Cambria. We arrived at our destination at dusk. My experiences at the Pacific Ocean have not once disappointed me in terms of beauty, power and overall variety. I've been fortunate enough to see the Pacific from the far south/west point of California at Border Field State Park, north at Cape Mendocino in Humboldt County and one of my favorites in 2017, the small beachside community of Pacifica. This trip I got to spend time in Central Western California and it is now one of my favorite places, anywhere! 

In 2017 Noel and I stayed in a small motel on the ocean in Pacifica. The topography right at the ocean really impressed me and I knew I wanted to eventually get back and see the area south of Half Moon Bay where Noel and I headed East to visit my sister Donna in Mammoth on the east side of California. 

2023 was the year Starla and I had the opportunity to explore an area of California that I had never seen but had visited through my imagination via incredible photos and topographical maps. 

Starla researched places for us to rest in between adventures and she reserved us a hotel room in Cambria. We were on the second floor of a very laid back Hotel with a balcony where we could chillax with ocean views. We stayed in Cambria and explored the area for the first 3 days of the trip.

The last 2 nights we stayed at a golf resort in Monterey. This room had a great shower, comfortable beds and was very convenient to the Bay. 













5/7/22 Managed to do a 33.9 mile road ride today, paddle a 2 unit Catawba release after work Tuesday and a 23.37 mile Wilson Creek Wilderness ride last weekend.

 I'm trying to get back in shape. 

Some Colorado spring break fun:





Our hotel balcony at Idaho Springs:










Noli surf session:


First Day of May, 2022. Can't believe that I haven't posted anything since August 2020

 Florida has so much to offer and is an amazing place with an incredible amount of sea and land life. Diane really opened up my eyes to all of the possibilities down there.

From an April 2022 Colorado trip with Starla, we had a blast:




Saying goodbye to my girls and starting on a road trip to Florida with Di:

Nolichucky with Bobby Bouche:
Paddling with Di at the Chassahowitzka River on the West Coast of Florida. The springs were awesome but my favorite was the Otters!

Back on Wilson Creek:



The summer of 2020 is ending and between the Pandemic, Politics, Economy and interpersonal relationships, I think I live in Bizarro World where every thing has turned upside down! The uncertainty of what will happen next is scary and exciting all at the same time.

 Now it is January 30, 2021 and things are still Bizarro World and some scary shit has been happening: world wide Pandemic, Political Coup in the Nation Capitol in the country where I live, Racial strife resulting in large gatherings of people ensuing in violence and destruction of property, extremist conspiracy theories that a large percentage of people actually believe, and overall mass insanity related to political beliefs (both sides think the other is bat shit crazy).

I feel fortunate that so far it has not been all bad for me. As of today I'm in a romantic relationship, still gainfully employed, and have my health, I still have not contracted COVID 19 in spite of the fact that I have been in close proximity of many people that had it, and I'm on good terms with my family of whom I am thankful none have contracted the virus. And on another positive side we have some political stability with a new president and the Senate leaning a little bit on the Democratic side, IMHO.