[2 Jun 2009]
Green River - Desolation and Grey Canyon Section

The Green River, through Desolation and Grey Canyons, is a gorgeous trip, with amazing scenery, camping, and fun rapids. I kayaked it over 6 days this year, and had an amazing time. A great time following in the footsteps of Powell on a spectacular river in one of my favorite areas of the world.

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[30 Jun 2009]
Cousin Stuart comes to visit

My cousin had a 3 day visit this past weekend. We hadn’t seen each other in 20 years, so it was great to see each other and get to know each other better. Friday we spent a long day exploring LA, Hollywood, Santa Monica, and Venice, including the Walk of Fame and La Brea Tar Pits, the Boardwalk, and more.
Saturday, we got up at 3:30 am, and by 9 am, we were pulling into Yosemite. Visited the giant Redwoods, then went to Glacier Point for the views. Stuart and I …

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[2 Jun 2009]
Green River - Desolation and Grey Canyon Section

The Green River, through Desolation and Grey Canyons, is a gorgeous trip, with amazing scenery, camping, and fun rapids. I kayaked it over 6 days this year, and had an amazing time. A great time following in the footsteps of Powell on a spectacular river in one of my favorite areas of the world.

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[26 May 2009]
Middle Fork Feather

The Middle Fork of the Feather is described in the classic CA paddling guidebook as “This is it! The Middle Fork of the Feather River is the best wilderness self-support trip in California.”  It is one of the original “Wild and Scenic ” designated rivers.  Class V and 3 days.  I’d seen photos, and read other trip reports.  I was excited to give it a go.   Flows looked good, and the plan was Memorial Day weekend.
A few days before, my neuropathy was acting up, making my foot numb, and I …

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[17 May 2009]
East Fork of the Carson

The East Fork of the Carson flows with the melting snow, and heads east down the Sierra Mtns, into Nevada.  It’s a class II+ run, but moves quickly.  We did a trip a few weeks, with the great folks from Current Adventures (http://currentadventures.com) who do lessons and trips all over northern california.  (full disclosure, I work for CA some).  We tagged along on the trip.  The rapids were fun, the scenery was great, the food was yummy, and the company was wonderful.  Highly recommend trip.

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[10 May 2009]
Hanging out in the Bay Area

We were going to my friends wedding (congrats Sara and Brett) in Northern California, and met up with our friends Paula and Erol and their gorgeous baby.  We didn’t do much, ate lunch, walked around, had frozen yogurt, and ate crickets.  Pretty mellow.  But super fun.  We miss them and wish they lived closer!
After that, we went to the wedding, which was gorgeous and fun, with several of my MBA classmates present.  Good food and dancing. Sunday we slept in and then went to a car museum.  Amazing cars.  Explored …

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