on our way!

Sonoma was great, and there will probably be more pictures or some other sort of compilation one of these days. The clock was ticking, and we had miles to drive, birds to ID and rocks to wrestle. We set off for Bishop and Jess made quick work of the 7 hour drive. Jay came down from Tahoe and took some amazing photos to be found here.

California dreamin

Wedding day was followed by a quick visit to the Russian River brewery where we happened to show up in time for Pliny the Younger. A delicious triple IPA with quite limited availability.



Then a peaceful stroll along the golden gate, with some wind and cars racing by at 65mph...

wedding day

the next day, jess and i got married at the clerk's office in santa rosa. we had a fine turnout of loved ones. yes, it was valentine's day, and we will never forget our anniversary.

sonoma

the following day involved the simmons clan going for some wine tasting in sonoma and napa. not much to report from my camera...

fort funston, bay area

from eugene, we drove past mt shasta and headed straight for sonoma. our first day was spent in the city dropping some news on some good friends. we then went to the finest dog park we have ever been to, complete with a mile long beach walk and a constant assault of hang gliders passing overhead.

eugene, or

3008 miles later, we find ourselves back in las cruces. it's been a long, sunny, and generally warm road but our first stop was to visit lyle and jessica in eugene. we ate the cutest breakfast ever eaten among other enjoyable feats.

farmer chris

Workin' in the yard, dogs

Snowpocalypse!

february road trip, something like this

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Progress in the back yard

Happy new year! There's been a lot of progress in the back yard. Luke just built a new staircase to replace the old rickety, rotted steps that were there before, and installed it the other day with the help of the great Mr. Jake. The pond has also been drained, and holes drilled in it so it hopefully won't fill up again. There's a planter box too, if you can see that on the top left, ready for veggies. There's a rudimentary second set of stone steps up to the planter box.


Here's the photo of the back yard from when the house was listed for sale, summer '11: