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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Hawaii trip

We had a great trip to the Big Island of Hawaii.

We stayed on a coffee plantation high on the mountain for our first few nights. We enjoyed Kona coffee,

From Hawaii

went SCUBA diving and snorkeling,

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saw Manta Rays,

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kayaked with dolphins (check out the one jumping just below the paddle),

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and watched the sunset while grilling fish on the beach.

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We then drove around the island to the volcano. On the way we stopped at the southern most point in the USA.

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We saw steam plumes on the edge of the volcano,

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and smoke belching out of the earth.

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We slept in a cute little house,

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and had "tasty" lunch.

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We hiked in Volcanoes National Park,

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and saw amazing plants.

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We continued our trip around the island and climbed Mauna Kea,

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and slept near waterfalls,

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and drove by huge valleys,

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until we made it all the way back around the island.

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Where we got some rest. On the beach.

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Here is a link to our entire photo album (it has been edited for brevity, if you can believe it!)

Hawaii

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Monday, February 09, 2009

Thanks google!

For believing we're human.

We're back! And grilling fish on the beach.

Saturday, February 07, 2009

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Sierra Snow

We were missing snow in a big way so we drove up to Tahoe last weekend. We spent Saturday in a quaint little cabin with some friends from the Bay Area and woke on Sunday morning to this:

From Sierra Weekend

We had to put chains on!

After driving over the pass we went on a nice snowshoe near Strawberry. The snow, and the Sierra, put us in a very Ansel Adamsey mood. Enjoy.

From Sierra Weekend

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Our friends David and Marta visited the Bay Area last weekend. We grilled out, climbed mountains, ate pizza, celebrated inaugurations and had great times with all the Bay Area Badgers. Unfortunately, out camera was out of batteries and we didn't bring spares, so out photos are few. The weekend will likely be covered in other, more comprehensive media outlets. However, we do have a few iPhone photos showing a little of the fun we had. Thanks for coming out D&M! We miss you guys!

Ascending the North Face of Noe Peak:

From D&M visit

Beers at Zeitgeist after our two mountain adventure:

From D&M visit

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Wow

We had freakishly nice weather this weekend. Hopefully it sticks around for a while.

From January weekends

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Kick Ass Postdoc

Our friend Anna is spending her second winter in Antarctica. Follow her adventures here.

Wednesday, January 07, 2009

City Loop Bike Ride

We tooled around the city on Saturday on a great loop ride through the southern side of San Francisco. The route took us through the wiggle, Golden Gate Park, along Ocean Beach, around Lake Merced, through some incredibly nice neighborhoods on the southwest slopes of Mt Davidson, through Glen Park, Noe Valley, the Mission and back to our home.