The fans went up without (much) of a hitch, and we are well prepared for the seasons to change. Thanks Fran! Thanks Susan and Pinky!
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Fran's Visit
What a treat! Fran came out for a weekend visit up from San Diego, and as usual we put him to work on a variety of home improvement projects. The big one this time was installing ceiling fans, a gift from Susan and Pinky after we sweated through the heat wave last summer without AC.
The fans went up without (much) of a hitch, and we are well prepared for the seasons to change. Thanks Fran! Thanks Susan and Pinky!
The fans went up without (much) of a hitch, and we are well prepared for the seasons to change. Thanks Fran! Thanks Susan and Pinky!
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Visit from Dr. Hem
Eunice's college roommate, now Dr. Kristin Hem, came out to visit and meet Spencer for the very first time.
We drove straight from the airport to Ano Nuevo State Reserve to take a late afternoon walking tour of the elephant seal breeding grounds. (Can you see Spencer's foot in the photo?)
Beach full of elephant seals weighing between 1,000 - 2,000 pounds each!
Sunset in Half Moon Bay... not a bad way to welcome someone from Indiana to California!
We rounded out Kristin's visit with a trip to Berkely to hang out with our other college roommate, Faith. We took a fun tour of the Scharffen Berger Chocolate Factory where we sampled chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate. Thanks for coming out to visit, Kristin!
We drove straight from the airport to Ano Nuevo State Reserve to take a late afternoon walking tour of the elephant seal breeding grounds. (Can you see Spencer's foot in the photo?)
Beach full of elephant seals weighing between 1,000 - 2,000 pounds each!
Sunset in Half Moon Bay... not a bad way to welcome someone from Indiana to California!
We rounded out Kristin's visit with a trip to Berkely to hang out with our other college roommate, Faith. We took a fun tour of the Scharffen Berger Chocolate Factory where we sampled chocolate, chocolate, and more chocolate. Thanks for coming out to visit, Kristin!
Monday, January 01, 2007
Kauai with the Keikis
We started off 2007 with our first big trip with Spencer, an adventure on the garden island of Kauai, one of the Hawaiian islands.
We traveled with our good friends Grace and Alonzo (+ their 3 month old son Theo) and Phil and Nikki (+ their 1 year old daughter Gaby). 3 couples, 3 hapa babies .... this certainly was a new type of adventure travel for us! See below for slideshows of our motley crew of travelers, our adventures across the island, and our dramatic open-air helicopter tour.
Our home base was a fantastic beachfront house we rented in the south-shore beach town of Poipu, perfect for breakfasts on the deck overlooking the waves, strolls with the babies down to "children's beach" to see the sea turtles, sunset drinks at the local resorts, and card games and conversation by the sound of the surf after putting the kids to bed.
Click here for a slideshow of photos of life with the keikis in Kauai.
Poipu was a great launchpad for adventures all over the island. We loaded the babies (+ enormous amounts of gear) into our trusty SUV for all sorts of excursions. Highlights include finding a sheltered cove on the dramatic coastline of Mahu'ulepu Beach for Spencer's first dip in the ocean, hiking to the top of Waipo'o falls at the edge of Waimea Canyon, eating fish tacos and snorkling at 'Anini Beach, getting caught in a dramatic rainstorm at Secret Beach, hiking the first few muddy miles of the Na Pali coast trail, and getting pounded by the surf at Queen's Bath.
Click here for a slideshow of our island adventures.
The biggest adventure of all was an open-air helicopter ride across the island... nothing between us and the dramatic landscape but hundreds of feet of space. We zooomed up the "grand canyon of the pacific," discovered hidden beaches under the cliffs of Na Pali, hoovered in a lush crater laced with dozens of waterfalls, and even made a landing for lunch at a completely isolated waterfall of our own.
Click here for a slideshow of our helicopter tour.
So how was our first big trip with Spencer? Well, we think that this is a pretty adventurous kid: He didn't wail (much) on the plane, loved going on long hikes carried by his dad, and laughed at the noise of the rain when we got caught out in tropical storms. Hard to ask for much more (except for more sleep at night!). Look out, adventure travel... we're back!
We traveled with our good friends Grace and Alonzo (+ their 3 month old son Theo) and Phil and Nikki (+ their 1 year old daughter Gaby). 3 couples, 3 hapa babies .... this certainly was a new type of adventure travel for us! See below for slideshows of our motley crew of travelers, our adventures across the island, and our dramatic open-air helicopter tour.
Our home base was a fantastic beachfront house we rented in the south-shore beach town of Poipu, perfect for breakfasts on the deck overlooking the waves, strolls with the babies down to "children's beach" to see the sea turtles, sunset drinks at the local resorts, and card games and conversation by the sound of the surf after putting the kids to bed.
Click here for a slideshow of photos of life with the keikis in Kauai.
Poipu was a great launchpad for adventures all over the island. We loaded the babies (+ enormous amounts of gear) into our trusty SUV for all sorts of excursions. Highlights include finding a sheltered cove on the dramatic coastline of Mahu'ulepu Beach for Spencer's first dip in the ocean, hiking to the top of Waipo'o falls at the edge of Waimea Canyon, eating fish tacos and snorkling at 'Anini Beach, getting caught in a dramatic rainstorm at Secret Beach, hiking the first few muddy miles of the Na Pali coast trail, and getting pounded by the surf at Queen's Bath.
Click here for a slideshow of our island adventures.
The biggest adventure of all was an open-air helicopter ride across the island... nothing between us and the dramatic landscape but hundreds of feet of space. We zooomed up the "grand canyon of the pacific," discovered hidden beaches under the cliffs of Na Pali, hoovered in a lush crater laced with dozens of waterfalls, and even made a landing for lunch at a completely isolated waterfall of our own.
Click here for a slideshow of our helicopter tour.
So how was our first big trip with Spencer? Well, we think that this is a pretty adventurous kid: He didn't wail (much) on the plane, loved going on long hikes carried by his dad, and laughed at the noise of the rain when we got caught out in tropical storms. Hard to ask for much more (except for more sleep at night!). Look out, adventure travel... we're back!
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