Life: Pride...Central Valley Style!

Life: Pride...Central Valley Style!, a photo by Sanctuary-Studio on Flickr.


Alas, no sign of Bo or Luke Duke in sight!

Photos: Our Nor Cal Foothill Adventure :: September 2009

Last month I took Farilla on his inaugural trip to that place I called home for the first 18 years of my life. Rather than driving him around town to show off the many local strip malls my parents took us on a Nor Cal Foothill adventure which went a little something like this...

Knights Ferry, CA:

(The Mill)


(My nephew, Nicholas.)


(Longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi.)



Jamestown, CA:


Sonora, CA:

(Diamondback Grill)



Columbia State Historic Park:




Yosemite National Park:



(Half Done)

We had a great visit up north and we're very thankful for our my parents, our tireless tour guides. Our afternoon in Yosemite inspired us to immediately make reservations for a longer visit to The Park (which we did last week). Pics from our more recent Yosemite adventure to follow. For a more comprehensive look at our September Nor Cal trip click here.

Life: I Hope That's Enough..

Life: I Hope That's Enough!
Originally uploaded by Sanctuary-Studio

...for the three of us!

Life: Yellow Bi-Plane Acrobatics!

Life: Yellow Bi-Plane Acrobatics!
Originally uploaded by Sanctuary-Studio

As I was driving to Nor Cal this morning I was treated to a pretty spectacular air show. The yellow bi-plane pictured above (used for crop dusting up in these here parts) was doing crazy-low figure eights right over the highway. When I first noticed the plane it was flying straight towards me as if the pilot was planning on bringing 'er down right on the 99. The plane quickly banked right and the aerial dance ensued. Such a spectacle!