Kim and I took our tandem whitewater kayak out for a fun run down the class II+ section of the North Fork American river, not far from our home. It was so nice, we went back and did another lap. A gorgeous day on a very pretty river. Not many photos, but I did take some.

Photos here

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Our Yard is really taking off this year, and I wanted to capture it. It's also a good excuse to play with taking macro photos.

Click to play the slideshow, click again to see the pictures bigger.

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My husband and friends took me out to celebrate my belated 30th birthday with a deep sea fishing trip. It had been postponed for 3 months for various reasons, so even the sore throat and start of a cold that I woke up with that morning couldn't keep me off the water. John, Phuong, and Hong picked us up bright an early at 6:30 AM so we could get on the first boat out. We figured we'd try to be pros like that. We left out of Marina Del Ray. The early morning light graced the sailboats and danced off the harbor water. The waves were rough but Geoff looked like a kid in a candy store, he was so happy to be on a boat. Geoff grew up on the water and looked right at home. He ended up catching three fish, one that we endearingly named Nemo. Phuong and John didn't take well to the waves, but were such great sports that we still went on to gorge on Brazilian BBQ afterwards. I didn't catch much, except for seasickness and one fish too small to keep. Hong turned out to be the most surprisingly resilient to the rough waters that day. She ended up taking two fish home. I think I've used up my allotment for water adventure in birthday celebrations but it was worth it! I had such a fun day, between the fishing and the three hour buffet. Thanks guys!




See the pictures here.

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• Stare at the Dot in the center of the picture for 30 seconds
  
• WITHOUT looking away, put your mouse over the picture
  
• Looks like you are looking at a normal color photo, right?
  
• Nope...Look Away without moving your mouse.
  

Believe it or not, there are only two pictures. The weird color one, and a b/w one. Pretty neat huh?

This is the tutorial I used. Let me know what you think.

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It's spring, and our trees and flowers are starting to bloom.











Time to do some work and planting for this year.

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I've changed the "Recent Additions" page to this new blog format. This was intended to do several things:

1. Make is easier to make changes, especially to add small notes. This site has mostly focused on photos/big trips/etc. Adding or changing pages was too much work to update "just a fun day" or other news from Kim and I. The blog makes updates as easy as sending an email, so expect more.
   
2. You can get an email anytime we make a change to the site, simply submit your email here.
   
3. Several people have requested an RSS or Atom Feed. There is now one, and if you subscribe, you can get updates whenever we make changes. RSS feeds are a super great, easy way to keep track of changes on many modern websites. For more info, check out the wikipedia entry:
   
4. Our Feed is over on the right, in the lower part of the sidebar.
   
5. It'll serve as a dated archive. Major changes and updates to the site will still get menu items on the left, simpl/small changes will be searchable by "Label".
   

Just Below this Post, there is a post that includes the links from the old "Recent Additions" page, so if you need more reading, click here.

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This is the old Recent Updates page - now replaced by this blog. But it's got most of the recent-ish stuff before Feb. 2008.

Peru, Inca Trail, Nazca Lines, More - Nov. 2007
Surfing at Hollywood Beach - Nov. 2007
Hong's Visit to Northern California
Back on the Rock. Lover's Leap, October 2007
Davenport Surf Kayak Contest - October 2007
Backpacking in Desolation Wilderness : Lake Velma - August 2007
Baja Surf Kayaking Trip - June 2007
Hong's Birthday at the Pirate Show - August 2007
Our Yard - July 2007
Graduation - June 2007
dis-orientation - June 2007
Spring Paddling 2007 - Giant Gap, Cache Creek, Pauley Creek
Santa Cruz Kayak Surf Contest 2007
Chinese New Year 2007 - The Year of the Pig
How to: Build an inexpensive boat bag.
North Fork American - Jan. 2007
Christmas 2006
Deborah and Malcolm's visit - December 2006
Kim's Family visiting for Thanksgiving 2006
England, Ireland and Scotland -9/18/06
South Silver Creek - 7/09/06
Kyburz - South Fork American - 6/24/06
NF Stanislaus - 6/25/06
Shirttail Canyon June 2006
Brush Creek June 2006
Pauley Creek
San Simeon Surf Kayak Contest and Hearst Castle Tour
Wedding! 4/9/06
2006 Santa Cruz Surf Kayak Festival
Topo Duo on the South Fork - From July 2, 2005. Added Jan 2006
Engagement Party 12-31-05
Clear Creek - November 19, 2005
Icehouse Dam Run - SF Silver Creek - Oct 2005
Grand Canyon - September 2005
Fun Day Cragging at Joshua Tree 2/5/2005
Wildflower Triathalon - Added 5/2/04

Labels: climbing, endurance, family, friends, geoffcj.blog, kayak, outdoors, travel, us, work