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Relaxing Weekend Before Half Dome
Waddell Beach, CA Sunday, July 12th, 2015 This weekend I decided to take a break from all the training hikes that I had been enduring over the last few months in preparation of Half Dome. Saturday morning, my personal trainer invited me to join him on a morning run at the local high school track, something I had not done in over 20 years. I was a bit shocked that I was able to keep a steady 8 minute mile pace for 2.5 miles, but my calves were starting to cramp after that so I just walked for a bit. Afterward, my trainer and I hit the Gym to do…
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Alamere Falls
Bolinas, CA Saturday, June 6th, 2015 This weekend was going to be a scorcher for the South Bay and I wasn’t about to have any of that. I wanted to get a good hike in and possibly even get a decent travel blog going so I knew that I would inevitably be heading northbound. I had been researching other potential locations around Point Reyes since I enjoyed the last trip to that area so much. Alamere Falls was a place that kept appearing on the map and with enough personal convincing, I set off to make an adventure of it. The drive would be approximately 88 miles and take me…
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Day of the Jellyfish 2014
Pacific Coast Highway 1 Sunday, March 23rd, 2014 Julia and I always enjoyed a good photo venture to the coast when we lived in San Luis Obispo together, so when she came out to visit last year, it was only natural that we embark on a series of new adventures to new coastal locations with our trusty photo gear. Chandra Beach ( 37.3493758°N, -122.3988259°W ) For the many times that I had driven past various sections of coast, there was one spot that had a really nice photo opportunity of some sea cliffs, but it seemed that access to the shoreline below from the highway up above was by means…
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Moss Landing 2014
A Quick Trip to the Monterey Bay Area Sunday, March 9th, 2014 To celebrate the start of daylight savings and longer days, Julia and I took a day trip to Moss Landing, just a short distance off the coast here, there exists the start of an underwater sea canyon that dwarfs the deepest parts of the Grand Canyon. The canyon begins in the middle of the Monterey Bay, and extends 95 miles into the Pacific Ocean where it terminates at the Monterey Canyon submarine fan, reaching depths of up to 11,800 ft below surface level at its deepest. Moss Landing ( 36.8067244°N, -121.7892203°W ) Moss Landing always seems to have…
