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Coastanoa

elliotsather — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:12:01 +0000

Mandy booked us a tent cabin at Costanoa for my birthday. We took Friday off and took Liam down the coast for the weekend.

Butano Camping

elliotsather — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:22:11 +0000

We took Liam to Butano State Park for his first camping trip. We joined Susanne, Emma, Sascha and Elizabeth, and Cara and Sam. Susanne had the foresight to reserve campsites well in advance for the 4th of July weekend.

Farallon Islands Shark Watching

elliotsather — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:16:27 +0000

Eric called me at work on Friday afternoon and asked if I wanted to go look for sharks in the Farallon Islands at 6:00 the next morning. He knows a guy who runs trips out there who had had some cancellations. I eventually came to realization that the opportunity was too good to pass up. We only caught a few glimpses of great white sharks, but we did see quite a few humpback whales on our way in. Floating around the Pacific isn’t a bad way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

(Thanks again Eric!)

Marin Headlands

elliotsather — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:12:12 +0000

Mandy, Monica, Wuy and I hiked around the Marin Headlands on Memorial Day. Even when the weather is crappy and foggy it is amazing up there.

Butano

elliotsather — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:11:21 +0000

Mandy and I went camping at Butano State Park. There were redwoods, banana slugs, and campfires.

Yosemite

elliotsather — Tue, 29 May 2007 05:11:43 +0000

Mandy, Monica, Wuy and I went to Yosemite for Memorial Day weekend. We stayed near the south entrance in Wawona and hiked up to Chilnualna Falls.

Big Sur

elliotsather — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:27:18 +0000

Mandy and I spent the weekend at the Ripplewood Resort down on the Big Sur River in Big Sur. I proposed to Mandy on Saturday on Pheiffer Beach.

Point Reyes Camping

elliotsather — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:22:53 +0000

Okay, we camped near Point Reyes at Samuel P. Taylor State Park. We spent Sunday hiking around at Point Reyes. Monday we drove back down Hwy. 1 and made a few stops along the way like Stinson Beach and the Muir Beach overlook.

Big Basin Camping

elliotsather — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 05:24:31 +0000

Mandy, Monica, Wuy and I went up to Big Basin to do a little hiking. The weather was beautiful. We ended up with a nice campsite in spite of the park being totally full. Aside from the loudmouths next to us it was great. We went on a nice long hike Sunday on our way out.

Farallon Islands

elliotsather — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:49:46 +0000

Mandy and I joined Monica, Wuy, Brian and Alison for a trip out to the Farallon Islands to do some whale watching. It was a rough ride out but we did see a bunch of whales out at the edge of the abyss.