4.21.2011

morgan territory

not many territories around these days, rode through one along with a great group last saturday
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nice to have shade climbing up

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an ideal descent

catching up

there's currently a photographic backlog...
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joaquin

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redwood

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spring continues...

4.04.2011

birthday weekend (1|2)

your humble narrator celebrated his birthday this weekend with a trip to briones with a lovely cohort of at least 40 people
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riding to the campsite

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scrambling around cow pies on our way to the sky

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place

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wonderful people

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this helicopter played the antagonist in our escape from dystopia plot for a bit, but i suppose they decided we were in fact harmless

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far away cyclist

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happy

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sun

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shadows moving across the hillside

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cows moving across the hillside

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look at these two

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sunset

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heading down

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but wait! adams and lulu have arrived!

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frog

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lots of folks, more than a couple birthdays

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adam beds

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4.03.2011

birthday weekend (2|2)

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morning

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riding back to the main camp where delicious foods awaited

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"this tree and i are made of the same stuff" ~carl sagan

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back again

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bicipause

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vibrant colors

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roadside wildflowers

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warming up, cresting a hill

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riding toward pinehurst

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joaquin miller singletrack, because you have to go downhill somehow.

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if that wasn't enough, i came back to oakland and celebrated the anniversary of vajda's urban farming paradise; test ride farms. many more wonderful people and a lovely garden party.

thanks to everyone who helped make this weekend one of my best.

4.02.2011

it's nice

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4.01.2011

sprung

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woke up early wednesday for a sunrise ride spent amongst the green fragrant spring hills.

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taken from the balcony outside my studio, later that day.