A Few Pictures From Americas Cup...

This was from a qualifying race back in August between Team Prada (Italy) and Team Emirates (New Zealand).   New Zealand was super fast but something on their boat broke so they lost the lead.   It is pretty cool to get to watch this just a few blocks from your apartment.  Thanks Nick Hsu for the free tickets!

Yosemite & Mammoth Lakes

Last weekend, my Dad and my brother came out to CA to visit me and do some camping and hiking.  We drove out to Yosemite on Saturday and checked out Yosemite Valley, Half Dome and El Capitan.  We camped outside the park that first night.  Next morning we moved camp to a spot in the park that had opened up then hiked 6 miles out to Ten Lakes.  We ran into a bunch of the ski cabin people on the way out.  I stupidly forgot to take any pictures of them but they were out there too.  

On Monday we drove out of the park to Mammoth Lakes with a short detour to get a flat tire fixed.  We camped by Twin Lakes and hiked down to Devil's Post Pile the next morning.  That geological formation is pretty crazy.  If you are camping in that area, I would be sure to check it out.  We were too lazy in a rush to get back to SF so we took some buses back to the top.  

To get home, we drove back a slightly longer way over Sonora Pass via CA-108 to avoid going back through Yosemite.   It is so beautiful all through there and the Marine Corp has a Mountain Warfare training base there.  Compared to Yosemite, it is absolutely empty over there.  I'd love to do a camping trip at one of the campsites out there in the eastern Stanislaus National Forest.  Dare I say some of its scenery rivals Yosemite? 

Belated Coachella Post

So behind posting stuff from this year (and last year).  Here are the photos from Coachella.

Coachella was an awesome experience that I think could have been better if the weather (and my partying) had been a bit milder.  Ha.  We drove down and camped in 107 degree heat with a couple friends.  When it was too hot to keep camping, we found a motel with a pool and crashed there. 

Favorite acts I actually saw include GirlTalk, Snoop & Dre, Justice, DJ Shadow, Bon Iver and Radiohead.  While it was fun, I don't think we will be back.  I, for one, am getting just a bit old for the high school scene and Jessica is starting at a very serious law firm this fall.  If we did go back, I'd need to have a bed to sleep on, a pool to chill in and a shower to rinse off the dirt and filth from the Polo Grounds.