Last weekend we had Myron and Andrea come up to visit us. We had them over just for a short visit on Friday night. They went with Brenda to the beach on Saturday as I went out for a sailing race. It was so nice seeing them again and we always have great conversation.
Friday Kevin and Lyndsay Schenk called and they were on their way out the her parents beach house in Monterey. They asked if we had plans for the weekend or if we could make it out there. Seeing as we have no kids and have a schedule that can change very easily we of course could make it. After the sailing race we jumped on the bike and headed for Monterey.

The evening was perfect. After dinner we headed to the beach( a short walk) and it could not have been better weather. No wind, 65deg, and sunny made for a very memorable night.

Morgan is showing quite a personality and is very cute. I showed her my motorcycle which she liked until I honked the horn. She cried every time she saw the bike after that incident.

Some of the tidepools.

Ethan and I were best buds. He loves to break rocks against other rocks.....very cool. Something inherent in guys is the desire to destroy.

Hangin out by the water.

Brenda of course is so photogenic....as you can see, she is hot.

Some of the rocks in hand that we broke on the bigger rocks behind him.

I smell Christmas photo.

Here we are at the water.

Yet another sunset photo.

Sunday we left the beach house and drove down Hwy 1 about 45 min and it was a perfect day. We stopped at a grocery store before we got on the road and picked up a picnic lunch. I could do that everyday.

Brenda at lunch.

Today I went to the annual British Motorcycle show with Harry Webb. After the show I thought I would go for a ride. 5 hours later I arrived at home. for my ride I wanted to try a bit of offroad riding. I found a route through some private roads that enabled me to take gravel/dirt roads from south San Jose to Santa Cruz. The views on the way were so spectacular it could not be captured with pictures.

One of the overlooks. You could see the entire Monterey Bay all the way up to Santa Cruz.....perfect day.

One of the steep assents. the roads were generally good, but there were a few spots that bottomed the bike out and it got a bit squirly in others.

Yet another viewpoint

Government update: Obama and the government has once again screwed the responsible American that thinks for himself. Apparently they are now going to help pay off peoples mortgages if the people are underwater on their mortgage. So, let me get this straight....when everyone was telling me to buy a house and get in the market because real estate always goes up, I should have listened. Instead I realized the houses were way overpriced and thought I should act responsibly and save money (Yes I know in today society it appears as if SAVE is the only four letter word banned). So, by saving my money.... I now have to pay more taxes to subsidize those people who spent money they didn't have on houses they couldn't afford. How can this be. Someone will eventually have to set this BS government straight. If I ever get to talk to Obama I will make sure to thank him for pumping money into the housing market to keep the overinflated prices inflated far above actual market conditions so I cannot afford one.

"We, the few, have done so much for the ungrateful for so long that we can do almost anything with next to nothing" Quote from my boss Matt Nicely....he has a lot of good one liners.

Spring is here.

We drove down to Pinnacles national monument on Saturday. I wanted to leave early, but got called to go into work and we also got a chance to serve breakfast at the local family shelter. It really makes me ashamed when I complain about this or that and then I go there and see single mother of 4 trying to make it by. With this updated perspective I can see clearer the blessing I have been given without deserving any of it.

Of course we took the Bike and had a great time. The weather out here has been a lot of rain, but it was perfect this weekend. All of the long sustained rain has made for one of the greenest springs I have ever seen. Tons of trees in full blossom and flowers everywhere.



When we got there we went on a short hike to a cave. We always go prepared as you have to be traveling with a diabetic. Brenda had to stop for a snack and it is a good excuse for me to eat to. After a long day at work without food I sometimes get home and complain to Brenda about beeing shaky and hungry. Just for kicks she will take my blood sugar and it is about 80 or so (FYI the pin prick hurts). I then get emberessed and shut up because she can sometimes be about 40 and doesn't compain one bit. She is a hardcore wife.





Here we are on the hike. A great thing this time of year are streams. These are not year round streams and usually are dry so it is great to see them running.

The caves were open. You may ask what do you mean open??? Well they are closed aout 11months out of the year to give some bat a nesting place...thanks big government for saving a bat and screwing the rest of us.

The light in the middle is Brenda...well it is a headlamp on Brenda's head.

Climbing in the cave.

Brenda looking at the waterfall inside of the cave.

Shooting stars

Riding Home....the colors on my camera could not do it justice.

On Sunday we went to Davis to visit my aunt and uncle. My cousin from England was in town with her new baby Kayli so we also got to see her as well. The above picture is a bit wierd and I think the baby looks like a doll.....anyone else?

Cuter pictures to follow.

Here she is....very adorable.

I am not sure she liked me much, but I was trying to show her how unattractive you can be when you cry. Brenda and I posing as parents.

So cute...the baby isn't bad either.

On the left is my aunt Rose and right is my dad's brother Ted.

And yes the final picture with the real mother of the baby. Cara is a fellow diabetic pumper and her and Brenda could talk nonstop for about 2 months straight. Her husband couldn't come out as he still has to work. I know how he feels as Brenda regularly leaves me during the summer. I feel like there are a lot of baby pics here for not actually having a kid. Oh well.

Oh ya, just found out I got poison oak from our hike....really sucks, but was worth it.

Finally

Just another short update. It seems to be raining here a lot. We had a student teacher living with us for the past few weeks and it was great to show her around. He mom was out this weekend( first time on a plane for her), and we headed out on Sunday for a view of the surfers. Good time was had and it was great to get to know Ashley.

We were under a Tsunami warning on Sat, so I went with Brenda to check it out, but there was no noticeable difference in the tides.

"so how's that hope and change working for you" is what this sign reads....who says California is full of liberal wackos.

This has got to be my favorite sign....this sign on a Sh#$ spreader. Hilarious.

Monday we got to go and get the hands on training for the Insulin pump. Brenda is currently on saline to get used to having the pump, but the real medication will begin via the pump next week. This is going to be a lot easier than jabbing a needle into herself every 3-4hrs.

Everything else seems to be going well with us and if this rain ever stops I may actually get out for a long all day ride on the iron horse.