the celery farm, allendale nj

needlemom and leigh went for a walk through the celery farm in allendale and saw some nice wildlife:

goldfinch:

dragonfly:

muskrat:

dragonfly:

NY/NJ

Pepsico sculpture garden with Needlemom, Andrew, Leigh, Jess, and Dylan:





Hoboken with Linda, my oldest childhood friend:

cape cod weekend

some pictures from a great cape cod weekend:

Eastward bound...

Leigh and I (Andrew) are headed to the east coast for a period of decompression and a chance to visit with all of our "right coast" family and friends. . . we'll have cell phones with us and also will be intermittently be checking email.

Here's the schedule:
Saturday June 14 : Leigh and Andrew arrive in Boston and go to Andover, MA
Saturday June 14 - Sunday 15 : Andrew at 15th High school reunion in Andover, MA
Sunday June 15 - Thursday June 20 : Leigh at a conference in New London, NH
Monday June 16 - Thursday June 22 : Andrew on Cape Cod
Friday June 20 - Sunday June 22 - Leigh and Andrew on Cape Cod
Monday June 23 Leigh and Andrew drive to NJ
Monday June 23 - Friday June 27 - Leigh and Andrew are in NJ
Friday June 27 - Wednesday July 2 - Leigh remains in NJ
Friday June 27 - Andrew drives to RI and then Cape Cod
Saturday June 28 - Andrew has Cape Cod reunion with his Met advisory
Sunday June 29 - Monday July 7 : Andrew on Cape
Wednesday July 2 - Monday July 7 - Leigh and Andrew on Cape
Monday July 7 - Leigh flies from Providence to Sacramento
TBA - Andrew flies from East Coast to Sacramento (depends on how the striped bass are running)

Looking forward to seeing you all!

Blue Ridge Trail, Cache Creek, CA

We discovered a new hiking trail today: The Blue Ridge Trail. It is near Napa Valley on the Eastern edge of the North Coast Range. The trailhead is about 50 miles from Davis, so we won't do this one too often, but it was a good hike (6 miles and 1800 ft of elevation gain). The picture above is the peak we climbed. . . Some more pictures:
A view of the mountains and Cache Creek:
Some neat flora:
Andrew and the trail, surprisingly free of poison oak in this picture:
Andrew relieved to have almost summited:
Leigh, taking a well-deserved breather at the peak:

The hike:
Great views, good weather, and well, the company...