Victoria, B.C.

Our third trip to Victoria was just as lovely as prior visits.  While the food was largely a let down this time, great weather during most of our visit and the always fantastic hospitality of the place more than made up for it.  This trip solidified our desire to make it at least an annual affair.

Oh yay, more pics!

Puerto Vallarta, Sayulita

Tacos, sunshine, cervezas, ocean front beaches, more tacos and more cervezas.  Oh, and margaritas.  Yeah, Mexico worked out.

Bamboo Village - Green Lake

A while back, I was lucky enough to have dim sum at my fav dim sum spot with my fav girl.  Great start to another memorable Big Day!

Hi Ma! Nope, haven't lost any weight recently.  No, really.

No Age - Neumos

Two piece noise rock outfit from sunny LA, No Age came to Neumos recently.  I was fortunate enough to catch their set and even more fortunate that Country Girl joined me.  

While excited about the show as soon as I heard about it, concern showed up when I saw there were four opening acts likely meaning an awfully late night.  Concern grew into something stronger when we showed up, saw the set times and noted the 11 pm scheduled start for the headliner.  Nothing to do at that point other than buckle in and ride it out.  Luckily, it worked out very well. 

The last opener, The Wimps, is a local punk three piece with an eclectic lineup.  They tore it up and set the stage nicely for No Age who brought down the house.  Noise rock with a capital "N" was the order of the evening and it was ZOMG loud.  Even at the high volume, sound was remarkably clear so props to the sound folks as well. 

Little Si

Country Girl, being the thoughtful woman that she is, suggested that we hit Little Si on a recent morning.  It's a popular trail and we'd both done it previously.  While not as challenging as either of us recalled, was still a fun bit of fitness and we picked a gorgeous day to go.   Another wonderful suggestion by my gorgeous girl. 

Lake Wenatchee Camping '15

The whole fam took it to the woods for a camping trip on Lake Wenatchee.  Sunny, bright skies with pleasantly toasty temps during the day and comfortably cool at night.  Very happy to report that nary a mozzie was sighted though each morning brought issues with bees during breakfast.  Annoying but not too bad.

Kyra's first camping experience was initially traumatic (as most first experiences are for her) and she seemed to warm up to things towards the end.  With a limitless supply of sticks to chew on and chipmunks to eyeball, K Dubs was like a pig in slop.  City Boy was very concerned with a lack of awesome camp food because of the campfire ban.  Silly of him to doubt to abilities of Country Girl however.  Her camp food game was, of course, trump tight.