On Saturday I rode in the Rosedale Ride, a fund raising event for the Rosedale School. The Rosedale School is Austin’s only school for children with multiple disabilities. There were four route options: a two-mile fun ride for kids, plus 19.7, 43.4, and 63.1 mile routes. I opted for the 43.4 mile route. The ride [...]
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Last night we watched the first episode of Planet Earth, a documentary series co-produced by the BBC and the Discovery Channel. It features some absolutely stunning nature photography created with some cutting edge technology. Planet Earth was the first program of its kind filmed with high-definition cameras, and the results are spectacular. The producers also [...]
As promised, I have posted the photos from my hike at Año Nuevo State Reserve.
I’m currently in California for a meeting in Santa Cruz and a conference in San Jose, so on Saturday I went to Año Nuevo State Reserve for a hike and took my camera along. Año Nuevo is the site of the largest mainland breeding colony in the world for the northern elephant seal, and it’s [...]
This weekend Melissa and I traveled to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California. It was incredible! The giant sequoia trees there have to be seen to be believed, and Kings Canyon was gorgeous. We had good weather and low crowds, although smog from the San Joaquin Valley and smoke from a prescribed burn [...]
