Princess Battle

Wired just added a blog called GeekDad which has fun posts about things to do with kids that use some geek skills. One of the posts was about stop motion movies.

(Another was learning how to say your name backwards, which I'm working on.)

Father & Daughter Dance

Last weekend was the Girl Scouts Father Daughter Dance.

We got dressed up and we danced. SKGP's friends Keily and Emily were there. SKGP followed Keily around all night. It was lots of fun.

Afterwards, we went to Baskin Robbins and had an ice cream.

Dream

Last night, I had a dream that I was tired.

Student of the Month

For your unfailing willingness to regularly go above and beyond for others, we hereby recognize SKGP as an example of citizenship worthy of emulation by us all.

Congratulations.

Rod Kelley School
February 27, 2007

Signed: Luis Carillo, Principal and Ms. Johnston, Teacher

The River Is Rising

I drove home last night by Christmas Hill park. The river is rising. I think Silva's Crossing will be flooded out again soon.

Faith

My friend Faith was in a car accident in December. A drunk driver ran into her. Her husband, Pierre, didn't survive. She is in a rehabilitation hospital, mending her many broken bones.

She and Pierre were at our Christmas party; he introduced us to a South African drink.

I feel so bad for her.

First Hike of 2007

Last Sunday, Andrew and I went for a hike at Henry Coe. Neither of us had ever gone in from a Gilroy entrance, so we parked at Hunting Hollow and started up. We walked about 12.5 miles, in about 7 hours.

Coe is well known for its brutal trails -- they don't mess around with switchbacks on hills, they just make you go straight up. So, in a short time we went from the parking lot at 860 ft to 2600 ft.

On the top of the ridge, near Mount Wilson, we had a nice lunch of Triscuits and salami, and home made cookies.

The most interesting place on the trek was Wilson Camp, which is an old house, an outhouse, two ramshackle trailers, and a broken down barn.

It was very nice to get outside and spend some time with a friend, and leave stress behind for a while. My feet got a little stressed, but by Wednesday, I was walking fine.

I carried my GPS with me, so I was able to import the trip into Google Earth. I'll try to post an image of it... You can see the pictures I took on the trail here.