We’re headed south on a big loop in search of great cycling. First stop is the amazing city of Solvang. Our first day will be a nice warmup doing the Solvang Century 100K route. Meanwhile Charlotte and Monica get to enjoy the ostriches just outside of town. And then it’s over to the Old Mission Santa Ines for some artsy photography care of Monica. Nice job on the closeup manger scene. It’s like I’m really there! ...
My family has departed on a biking road trip adventure where my mother and I explore and hike while my brother and father ride their bikes. Our first stop is in Solvang, California just an hour past San Luis Obispo. This quaint little danish town is full of a tourist’s delights with adorable shops, beautiful architecture, and amusing things all over town. We began with a short stop at an OStrich and Emu farm which sadly was closed. We were able to sneak a couple of shots from the highway. ...
Val and Kim’s house is bustling with family tonight, and I like it! It’s also fun to still have the “kid’s table” full of college kids home for the holidays. And of course it’s a great chance to goof around with my Monica girly.
I know it has been disappointing how little I am updating my blog but I just want everyone to know I am still here. I have recently been frustrated with my blog and feeling it has started to go in a direction that I never wanted. Very soon I am planning on starting a new and getting back to the way I wanted this blog to be. I am going to start writing more and publishing everyday as soon as finals is over, think of it as my New Years Resolution. So from New Years on I will start to regularly post again. I am sorry it won’t be sooner because I am heading into my first ever finals week at UC Berkeley but I will try to post when I can. ...
Not much to to share about Thanksgiving this year, but we did get a nice family photo of everyone. Happy turkey day!<
Walking into Florence is like entering a labyrinth of colored houses, narrow alley ways, and open market places. There is so much to see here that is just simply astounding. Everywhere you walk is something new and beautiful to look at; every corner beholds a new and interesting facet to this city. We visited the Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli gardens which were beautiful. And took a much needed break from the over bearing sun in the shade of the garden.
Matt and Mack sure do look good up on that podium.
Italy is a place of bikes where the alley ways and streets are filled with both bikes well loved and abandoned. Some are tagged with graffiti, while others are dainty and clean. Some are simply left abandoned, down a dark alleyway for someone else to find. They are so interesting to look at with the a thousand different backdrops from different city walls. The city changes but the bikes stay the same. They are a monument to mobility that mark the streets without mercy. ...