It's a hard life

This last weekend Paul and I took Kenai out one of the dog beaches at Bodega Bay (in EARLY January! It was in the upper 60s! I'm still not used to this weather.).  We thought it would there would be lots of good photo opportunities.

Here's a 10 second preview of what the beach was like:

So, needless to say, there weren't many photo ops.  Kenai always gets insanely excited when we go to the beach.  Though he was a royal pain, he was a very happy, very tired puppy when we left the beach, so it wasn't a total loss.  And I introduced Paul to the most amazing crab sandwich and clam chowder ever.  (If you've visited me, chances are you  know where I'm talking about in Bodega Bay.)

This past weekend I also started working on a goal of mine.  I was talked into do a half marathon (by Paul...and he's extra crazy and doing a full marathon) in late July.  I've done a half marathon before, but it was a few years ago and I think I gave myself a whopping month to train. I want to try to do it right this time.  Wish me luck, I'm going to need it.  I've run two days so far this week.  My speed or times are nothing to be proud of but you've got to start somewhere, right?

In a couple weeks I'm going to get to mark another group I've been wanting to see forever off my list.  MODEST MOUSE.  Jan 25th.  F**k yeah. 

This is probably the most popular song by them:




I can't believe I've got to cross so many people off my list just in this past year!  Pretty much I just need Radiohead (which may be happening in April) and Jack White and all the big dogs that I've wanted to see for years and years, and honestly never thought I'd actually get to see live, are taken care of.

Since this weekend will be a long one (and Tahoe has been having a crap winter for skiing) Paul and I will be heading down to Monterey Bay to check out Santa Cruz and the boardwalk there and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.  Both of which are about 2-3 hours south of here.  I'll do my best to remember to take pictures!

I've said it before and I'll say it again: living in the bay area really sucks, but somebody's gotta do it.

Something a lil' different

For some reason, the audio isn't synced quite right...but I'm giving up on trying to fix it...argh...hope it's not too annoying. :o/

Footnote:  I forgot to mention in the video, for my non-Alaska people, that REI is a sweet outdoor recreation store...I think they're more of a west coast thing.  Any type of outdoor activity you can think of they sell equipment for it...and it's good stuff.  Sooo, nice to live near one again!