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A step-by-step guide to getting into an inflatable Kayak that might be just a little bit too small for you… with photos…

Step 1. Approach the boat carefully. They are slippery devils. (As I mentioned, my daughter and I got up early to go out on the water. The kayak, a birthday gift from some time ago, is awesome. It fits in … Continue reading

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An early-morning adventure…

Why do Mollie, my daughter, and I look so happy? Because we got up super early and drove down to the bay here in San Diego. We watched the sun come up. And we brought my boat. Yes, Mollie dyed … Continue reading

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I told you I was going to be all up in San Francisco’s business… district…

Ironically, as much as I do like the joke in the title, I wasn’t actually supposed to end up in the Embarcadero portion of San Francisco at all. The original plan was to meet up with my friends somewhere else, … Continue reading

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A bunch of artsy photographs of San Francisco… because I’m artsy… and I was in San Francisco… the final chapter… in fact, these are the last pictures of our Christmas trip to the Bay Area… except for a couple of really nice sunset photos that I am saving to do weird stuff with…

Oh man… I love that fat ceramic samurai cat… he was like five feet tall… I want that in my living room!  

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Stuff you might see if you ever end up in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco…

The Golden Gate through the rigging of an old sailing ship! Lots of people and buildings! A guy hiding in a small tent doing a lip-sync puppet show! Cute dogs! I mean really cute dogs! People swimming… without a wet … Continue reading

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Chocolate and dogs… but don’t give chocolate to dogs… it is bad for them…

So, we got off the cable car near Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. We ambled through the park, and my wife wanted to take our younger daughter and her boyfriend to get some ice cream and chocolate… and where else … Continue reading

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Boats… and some English people… who, historically, know something about boats…

There are my cousin, Lynne, and her boyfriend, Malcolm, our visitors from England, in front of the boat from the movie Master And Commander… and a Russian submarine… see, I told you we like to take pictures of each other … Continue reading

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Yeah, I woke up at three in the morning and drove on a foggy road by cliffs to get you these pictures…

I know I did this same journey once before, under similar circumstances… that is how much I care… but driving Highway One on the coast of California between Santa Cruz and Morro Bay is freekin’ awesome… I had to pull over by … Continue reading

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Awwww… I look so relaxed in my kayak… holy crap!!!

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Arrrrrrrrrthur…

Ha… see what I did there in the title? It’s a pirate joke… sort of… Oh yeah, my new birthday kayak lets me add ‘captain’ to my collection of useless titles… but you can call me ‘skipper’… I really do love … Continue reading

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