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Sebastian Hiking and Dining : Sebastian on his first snow-shoe adventure, and then joining the big-people's table!

Sebastian Hiking and Dining

Enso Art Show 11-13-2009 : Once a year Enso Center has an art show for the visual arts, complete with black-tie opening gala. Our little man rose to the occasion, tie and all.

Enso Art Show 11-13-2009

Early-November-2009 Sebastian Pics :

Early-November-2009 Sebastian Pics

Aria's 7th Birthday and Costume Party : Aria's Birthday is pretty close to Halloween.... so why not all go in costume? AND carve pumpkins!

Aria's 7th Birthday and Costume Party

Penny Simkin class Reunion 10-24-09 :

Penny Simkin class Reunion 10-24-09

Family Snapshot 10-17-09 :

Family Snapshot 10-17-09

Columbia Peak, 10-10-2009 : A nice fall day in one of the most stunning nooks of the Cascades - the Monte Cristo Range. And a big thanks to Gretchen who took Sebastian for the whole day while I went out to play! Thanks hon!

Columbia Peak, 10-10-2009

2009 Early October Misc Sebastian Photos :

2009 Early October Misc Sebastian Photos

9-6-09 Sebastian Hiking and Playing : Now at 8 weeks old our little boy is getting Big! Over 12 lbs, maybe 13, he's all filled out. His smiles are beautiful, although he's rather camera shy so they're hard to catch on film. He's also being nice to his parents and sleeping up to 7 hours at a stretch! Although 4-5 is much more normal, and still nothing to complain about at 2 months!

9-6-09 Sebastian Hiking and Playing

9-20-09 Sebastians First Backpacking trip : We wanted to get an overnight backpacking trip under our belts before it gets too cold. At 10 weeks old, Sebastian is small enough to be carried (fairly) easily. It went quite well, he seemed happy most of the time and slept well! We went with our friends the Maltzs both for company and moral support.

9-20-09 Sebastians First Backpacking trip

Sebastian August Hike and Hanging Out : Our little guy is getting BIG fast! We're taking him on longer hikes now, and just taking lots of pictures because he's so darn cute! We went to visit Henry again and Sebastian is catching up! And this time he tried to punch Henry!

Sebastian August Hike and Hanging Out

2009 Sebastian Mid-August : Just some more pics of our beautiful little boy

2009 Sebastian Mid-August

Sebastian and Henry : Sebastian's first visit with a friend! Henry is 2 weeks, 2 days older, and what a difference!! Henry's staff (Zac andLisa) brought him over to meet our little guy in Redmond

Sebastian and Henry

8-2009 Grandparents Knapp Visit : Sebastian got to get out and about despite the heat with Grandma and Grandpa Knapp. Blueberry picking, first hike, and a trip to the beach at Discovery Park!

8-2009 Grandparents Knapp Visit

7-20-09 Braham Grandparents visit Sebastian : Gretchen's parents came out on Sebastian's 5 day to meet their first Grandchild. It was wonderful to have the extra hands around the house to hold the baby and they also worked through a good pile of "new house" chores we have, like fixing the squeaky door and the wobbly washing machine.

7-20-09 Braham Grandparents visit Sebastian

Sebastians First Week 7/18/09 :

Sebastians First Week 7/18/09

Sebastian William Knapp 7-13-2009 : Welcome to the world, little Sebastian! Born on July 13, 2009 at 12:17 pm after an intense, fast paced, and completely natural child birth! 7 lbs, 11 oz, and 20" long

Sebastian William Knapp 7-13-2009

June-09-Promotion Test :

June-09-Promotion Test

Updated: Jun 18, 2009 9:26pm PST

Frables in Seattle - May 2009 : Faith, Jeffery, Genevieve, Maria Grace, ANd Juliet all stopped over in Seattle for a day between middle-o-nowhere Alaska and middle-o-Atlantic Seaboard. The weather coopereated unusually well, and first stop after everyone was awake, alert and had visited Victor's was the soon-to-be-our house which was being inspected. That was great fun, especially the tape measure. Then after some lunch, it was off to the park where one could learn how to share the slides and swings with other small people, or practice Japanese and/or French. It also happened to be just past Genevieve's big 4.0 birthday, so we celebrated with a strawberry rhubarb pie!

Frables in Seattle - May 2009

Faith, Jeffery, Genevieve, Maria Grace, ANd Juliet all stopped over in ...

Updated: May 23, 2009 8:57am PST

Lisa's Baby Shower! :

Lisa's Baby Shower!

Updated: May 11, 2009 10:01pm PST

Brahams in Seattle for a Baby Shower, 5/09 : When my Mom said that she wanted to come out to Seattle to "see me pregnant" my brother, who is 4 months into 2 years of doing a post doc in China, decided he wanted to come too. Of course, then my Dad came out! So, the only family member who wasn't there was Brenda, but we did get to Skype with her. The reason (not that we really needed one) for them coming at that time was our friend Sabrina was throwing us a baby shower! I had a great time, it is so nice to feel supported and that there are lots of people who are willing (and hoping!) to help us out with our baby. Plus, it gave me a good excuse to have an ice cream cake! Zach was good enough to do some of his card tricks for me as well, they are so cool! Andrew brought us lots of gifts from China, including a Mahjong set! He then tried to teach us how to play. It's a little complicated, but I think us white folks did alright and had mastered the major points and rules by the end of the weekend. That's what the picture of the little domino looking tiles are. None of us had been to the Japanese garden in Seattle's arboretum, so we went on Monday morning. What luck! They were having a blessing ceremony and grand opening of a new entry Shinto gate complete with a Taiko group! We were there early, so enjoyed the gardens with out the crowds that came later and got to hear a bit of banging on drums. The gardens are beautiful, and now are in full bloom. While at the garden, Andrew noticed that there was good plane spotting. Actually I was surprised how often we'd be somewhere random in the greater Seattle area and Andrew would find a good plane spotting opportunity. I guess since I never look for it, I never really notice. It was great to have everyone out here! I think everyone got to even feel the little man give some kicks or scooch around inside of me, which is fun, and a bit creepy.

Brahams in Seattle for a Baby Shower, 5/09

When my Mom said that she wanted to come out to Seattle to "see me pre ...

Updated: May 08, 2009 6:43am PST

Baby shower for Kid Knapp, 5/3/09 :

Baby shower for Kid Knapp, 5/3/09

Updated: May 05, 2009 8:11pm PST

Spring Skiing East Cascades 4-09 : I have no idea what peak we were on, but great view into the Enchantments, and some good runs up top

Spring Skiing East Cascades 4-09

I have no idea what peak we were on, but great view into the Enchantme ...

Updated: May 01, 2009 9:45pm PST

Easter 2009 in Port Townsand :

Easter 2009 in Port Townsand

Updated: Apr 13, 2009 10:09pm PST

Mt Margaret Ski 3/8/09 :

Mt Margaret Ski 3/8/09

Updated: Mar 12, 2009 6:25am PST

Andrew & Brenda's last stop in the US, 2/09 : Andrew and Brenda spent the last week of their cross country trip here in beautiful Seattle (seriously, they had 3 days of sun!) Matt and I took one day off and flew up to Port Townsend to have lunch with Jess, Frank and Zia. Jess spent 2 years in China a while back and had some good stories and tips for people about to head over there. Matt then flew us over to Everett where we went on the Boeing tour. It was fun to see airplanes being built, those are some seriously big buildings! It was great to help them gather the last minute items and tie up loose ends before cutting all strings to the US and heading off for a new adventure.

Andrew & Brenda's last stop in the US, 2/09

Andrew and Brenda spent the last week of their cross country trip here ...

Updated: Feb 08, 2009 8:53pm PST

Airplane Spotting in St. Maarten : St Maarten, in the Caribbean, has a classic runway starting just past a beach and makes for some great airplane spotting. We weren't lucky enough to be there with a heavy coming in, but here's a few pics.

Airplane Spotting in St. Maarten

St Maarten, in the Caribbean, has a classic runway starting just past ...

Updated: Jan 20, 2009 9:12pm PST

1-2009 Anguilla for Wedding of Ashley and Jamie :

1-2009 Anguilla for Wedding of Ashley and Jamie

Updated: Jan 20, 2009 9:58am PST

Christmas in Madison 2008 : After a three day delay in snowy Seattle (!) we finally made it to Madison to celebrate Christmas. I had not told my parents I was 12 weeks pregnant, waiting to tell them in person. I gave my Mom a newborn onesie and she burst into tears, it was wonderful! We had four days with just my folks before Andrew and Brenda arrived from spending time with her folks. We spent one afternoon visiting Aunt Dorothy and Uncle Herb, listening to their stories of international travel in the 1940's. Wow, and I though those 12 hour plane rides were hard! Try a 30 day boat trip to India! The trip was wrapped up with a Braham open house were we learned how many people could fit into my parents house (28). A good time had by all!

Christmas in Madison 2008

After a three day delay in snowy Seattle (!) we finally made it to Mad ...

Updated: Jan 10, 2009 7:38pm PST

Flooding in Carnation and Snohomish, 1/9/09 : After getting an unusual snow dump in December, the weather flipped to warm temperatures, and continued to dump huge amounts of moisture, now just in the form of rain. This creates ideal conditions for creating a very large set for "Water World", although rather short on the sunshine. I got Gerry (one of my flight students) to modify his lesson a bit to take some pictures of the Carnation valley and Snohomish area.

Flooding in Carnation and Snohomish, 1/9/09

After getting an unusual snow dump in December, the weather flipped to ...

Updated: Jan 09, 2009 10:05pm PST

Snow in Redmond : A rare occurence, enough snow in Redmond to Ski AND cold enough to be GOOD skiing!

Snow in Redmond

A rare occurence, enough snow in Redmond to Ski AND cold enough to be ...

Updated: Dec 20, 2008 8:46am PST

11-4-08 Dr Bits : 3 Action packed days in and around UIUC

11-4-08 Dr Bits

3 Action packed days in and around UIUC

Updated: Nov 05, 2008 10:33pm PST

10-26-08 Gothic Basin : Yet another amazingly nice October day in 2008. Haven't been up to Gothic basin for around 10 years now so figured it would be worth another trip. It's been so dry I expected pretty much no snow, but somehow the mountains in the area had managed to accumulate maybe 10-15cm at higher elevations. Just enough to make the footing tricky. The lower lake was already frozen, and Foggy Lake was starting to freeze, so no swimming today. We reached the summit of Gothic peak right at our turn-around time and enjoyed the usual views although Rainier was just a ghost in the haze.

10-26-08 Gothic Basin

Yet another amazingly nice October day in 2008. Haven't been up to Go ...

Updated: Oct 28, 2008 11:38am PST

10-19-08 Cascades Flight with Fall Colors : I borrowed N777C, a Stinson 108-3 from the Lerums and headed for the central cascades to check out the fall colors. Pictures start somewhere in the region of Snoqualmie Pass, but focus on Mt. Daniel, The Enchantments, and the Chelan Range with Mt. Maude and 7 Fingered Jack. And of course, Mt. Glacier. The Stinson is a fun plane to fly, but not the best camera platform since the windows don't open. However, I had an advantage this flight in that I was right seat with a student, and recent student taking turns in the left seat so I didn't have to fly and shoot at the same time.

10-19-08 Cascades Flight with Fall Colors

I borrowed N777C, a Stinson 108-3 from the Lerums and headed for the c ...

Updated: Oct 23, 2008 10:33pm PST

10-11-08 Enchantment Larch Run : It's a long day to run through the Enchantments, and the high lakes are only 3 miles of the 17, but up high, on a gorgeous day, with the Larches in full color, it's just worth being alive. We hit the timing just about perfect this year, fantastic weather, on a Saturday no less, and the larches were peak at the upper lakes. No shortage of other folks doing the same thing, although most of them went from Colchuck to Snow Lake TH while we left bikes at Colchuck and hiked from Snow Lake.

10-11-08 Enchantment Larch Run

It's a long day to run through the Enchantments, and the high lakes ar ...

Updated: Oct 19, 2008 7:27am PST

9-28-08 Forgotton Peak : An exquisite late September day was the excuse to finally tag Forgotton Peak in the Mount Glacier / Monte Cristo / Darrington loop area of the Cascades. Two previous attempts had been derailed by weather, not unusual as this is the far east dumping grounds of the convergence zone. Today there was not a chance of a cloud, and the views were spectacular. We had the place to ourselves on the way up at least, met the crowds on the way back down. Apparently Forgotten isn't so forgotten after all.

9-28-08 Forgotton Peak

An exquisite late September day was the excuse to finally tag Forgotto ...

Updated: Oct 03, 2008 9:13am PST

Go Jaguars - from Allison's paparazzi :

Go Jaguars - from Allison's paparazzi

Updated: Sep 27, 2008 11:57am PST

Gretchen's 33rd Birthday at Enso, 9/19/08 : A week after the actual birthday we invaded the Enso Center for a big birthday party! Culinary challenge of the evening was to produce apple samosas; i.e. the indian fried samosa usually made with potato, but stuffed with apple pie filling instead. They came out rather well!

Gretchen's 33rd Birthday at Enso, 9/19/08

A week after the actual birthday we invaded the Enso Center for a big ...

Updated: Sep 21, 2008 9:03am PST

Enso Center Grand Opening 9-20-08 :

Enso Center Grand Opening 9-20-08

Updated: Sep 21, 2008 8:43am PST

Nevens, 11-06 : A very long overdue visit to Marion Iowa to visit the Neven family! The fun began even before we got in the door, both Grace (7yo) and Lydia (2yo) greeted us at the door. Ruth (5yo) came out when she had finished what she was in the middle of. We got to see a puppet show, put together puzzles, listen to a piano recital, play with the neat-o gears, watch a dance performance (complete with costumes) and play a game. All in the first hour! Whew!

Nevens, 11-06

A very long overdue visit to Marion Iowa to visit the Neven family! Th ...

Updated: Sep 17, 2008 9:17am PST

Wandering around the Blanca Basin, 9-7-08 :

Wandering around the Blanca Basin, 9-7-08

Updated: Sep 14, 2008 8:04pm PST

Argonaut Bushwack, Labor Day Weekend 2008 : We've been trying to get up East Cascade peaks such as Eldorado all summer, but weather and schedules haven't worked, and this weekend was no exception. With the East Side forecast to be socked-in all weekend, we headed for the Teanaway and an attempt on Argonaut, 2 peaks down from Mt. Stuart. Stopping in Cle Elum for the bakery we were surprised to be greeted by a strong, cold wind. Labor day, and Fall is HERE. The bakery was mighty fine, but it was already late, time to hike. Actually we just had an approach hike on day 1, and the weather was gorgeous. Over the first pass between Teanaway and Iron Mountain we went up iron and got our first look at Stuart and friends. The clouds were visible to the east, but we were in the clear, and that's how the weather stayed for the weekend.

Argonaut Bushwack, Labor Day Weekend 2008

We've been trying to get up East Cascade peaks such as Eldorado all su ...

Updated: Sep 09, 2008 9:38pm PST

Family Portraits at DSP's 90th :

Family Portraits at DSP's 90th

Updated: Sep 01, 2008 7:16am PST

Ania and Seth Wedding 8-9-08 : A few pictures from Ania and Seth's wedding in Monterey

Ania and Seth Wedding 8-9-08

A few pictures from Ania and Seth's wedding in Monterey

Updated: Aug 20, 2008 10:41am PST

Mark and Michelle Wedding, 8-10-08 :

Mark and Michelle Wedding, 8-10-08

Updated: Aug 19, 2008 9:06am PST

8-16-08 Chappy Visit and BDay Party :

8-16-08 Chappy Visit and BDay Party

Updated: Aug 18, 2008 3:56pm PST

Galina and Tim Wedding, Guests, 7-26-08 :

Galina and Tim Wedding, Guests, 7-26-08

Updated: Aug 12, 2008 2:02pm PST

Tim and Galina Wedding 7/26/08; Wedding Party :

Tim and Galina Wedding 7/26/08; Wedding Party

Updated: Aug 11, 2008 1:26pm PST

Frables in Seattle, 8-6-08 :

Frables in Seattle, 8-6-08

Updated: Aug 11, 2008 7:32am PST

Enso Students :

Enso Students

Updated: Aug 05, 2008 8:14am PST

8-01-08 Mt Maude and 7 Finger Jack : We had planned to hit Eldorado in a 3 day weekend (taking Friday off), but the weather had other plans so we fled to the eastern Cascades and the Spider Meadows approach to Maude and 7 Finger Jack. The weather was pretty dang good to us; the partly-mostly cloudy but no rain kept temperatures very reasonable (heck there was FROST on the tent Saturday morning!), and, to our amazement, there was hardly a bug! Having been chased out of the same area by mosquitoes a month prior, this was a great relief. Gorgeous area! wild flowers were in full bloom, lakes are finally thawed although didn't bother swimming. Lots of marmots and pikas, and a few deer, but no sheep this trip. There's also a LOT of larches; will have to come back to this area in October some year. The only hitch to the trip was my camera (Canon D20) decided it didn't feel like being a camera for the weekend, and would take one, maybe two pictures, or sometimes none at all before blanking out with the generic "Err 99" and quitting. major frustration. I did get some good pics, but was unable to fine tune exposure compensation etc. since the 2nd or 3rd pic would just die and I gave up after a while.

8-01-08 Mt Maude and 7 Finger Jack

We had planned to hit Eldorado in a 3 day weekend (taking Friday off), ...

Updated: Aug 05, 2008 6:25am PST

2008-7-20 Mt Daniel and related scrambling : Mt. Daniel is a massive set of peaks tucked into the middle of the central cascades. Access is usually from Tucquala Meadows, north of Roslyn. We hiked in Friday afternoon heading for Peggy's Pond on the west side of Cathedral Rock. This is the year of lots of snow, and late snow melt so Peggy's was still half frozen, and there were but two camp sites without snow cover. We had grand plans to hit at least 3 of the peaks of Mt. Daniel, and from there over to Mt. Hinman and back. But we were relying on the Becky guide (use with caution), and the Green Trails Topo (use only for on-trail travel... I should have gotten a USGS topo). Starting not-overly-early on Saturday we made short work of the east peak and were feeling pretty good, and that's when the fun began. To get to the true summit (west peak), one needs to get down to the saddle in between. We had decided to leave the rope and stay off glaciers, so that ruled out the "go around the peak to the north" route and left very steep ugly scree scrambling. After a couple false starts, we found a short rock descent to the snow and the rest was easy. Reaching Daniel West, we found ourselves standing on a very dramatic pinnacle, looking at the NW Daniel peak, and Mt. Hinman, well beyond. Oh. So much for a quick ridge run to Hinman and back. Did I mention needing to bring a topo next time? The only decent route would have been down Lynch glacier to the lake at the bottom, around, and up the massive, but very gentle slopes of Hinman. But with the rope sitting safely in the car, and a huge, ugly bergschrund at the top of the glacier, with who-knows-what further down, we had to drop this plan. Instead we dropped to Venus lake, first with some very steep, awesome glisading, and then with some very steep scree and meadow running. Looking back at our route, I never would have guessed we could have come down it.... Around the lake, including a manky 4th class traverse across a little ledge system to bypass the rotting ice and cold cold water below, and then back up and over to Circle Lake, chasing the mountain sheep all the way. Finally back to camp, a good 12 hour day, and well deserved hot cocoa.

2008-7-20 Mt Daniel and related scrambling

Mt. Daniel is a massive set of peaks tucked into the middle of the cen ...

Updated: Jul 24, 2008 8:14am PST

Late spring ski on Vesper Peak, 6-22-08 : The extra late snowpack meant "spring skiing" into these first days of summer. Russ, Zach, Gretchen and I headed up to Vesper. Zach had been up the week before, and there had already been a lot more melt-out; we had to hike, not ski the road, but oh well. The first excitement was a stream crossing on the remains of a bridge which had flipped over leaving the two beams, no flat spots, and the whole thing slick as snot. From there we headed up the valley and marveled at the massive amount of avalanche debris, even at a point so far down the valley from a release zone that none of us would ever have thought of avalanche danger. Snow was patchy for a bit, some bushwacking was done, and eventually some good skiing. But first there was some super steep, hard snow skiing and a much-too-exciting slide by Zach which fortunately ended with nothing broken. Weather was pretty closed in all day, pictures were taken in Black & White since it didn't make much difference. Very end of the day it cleared up a bit (of course). Probably last ski this "spring" unless we decide to hit the volcanoes.

Late spring ski on Vesper Peak, 6-22-08

The extra late snowpack meant "spring skiing" into these first days of ...

Updated: Jul 17, 2008 7:54am PST

Red Mtn TNAB, 7/10/08 : Despite being mid-July, there was still plenty of snow in Commonwealth Basin on the approach to Red Mountain. Absolutely beautiful evening in the sunny state of Washington as we headed up the old trail, bypassing all the silly switchbacks on the new PCT. Reaching the first stream crossing, we found the usual log bridge had washed out. No one felt like wading, so we continued on the east side of the stream, and after a short distance, simply cut up across the talus to the real PCT. This "hybrid" route between old and new trails worked really well, although the cross-over is probably much less fun when the snow is gone. A short bit of route finding later we're finally on the ridge to Red and up we go. No real snow on the upper slopes, and steep as ever, but fantastically clear views of the neighboring peaks. Interestingly ,the visibility, while very good in the 20-30 mile range, suddenly got a lot more murky in the distance, and Rainier was the only volcano visible. Larry Don and I had all started early, and were up well before turn-around. The rest of the gang came straggling up to summit a little after 8. Not wanting to be on the wrong end of the pinball machine in descent, we made sure to head down a bit before the main group as well.

Red Mtn TNAB, 7/10/08

Despite being mid-July, there was still plenty of snow in Commonwealth ...

Updated: Jul 11, 2008 9:49pm PST

Mosquitoes and Retreat to Lake Serene, 7/4/08 : The plan had been to spend 4 full days around the 4th of July hiking into the Chelan range of mountains, just south of Lake Chelan, but approaching from the Lake Wenatchee side, a much shorter drive. We had figured on better weather and less snow in the eastern Cascades, and this was correct, but what we hadn't figured on was the mosquitoes. The volume of mosquitoes was simply unreal, hovering, buzzing clouds, so thick that breathing could be difficult. Swing your hands and you feel dozens of little impacts, like running your hand through the tips of high grass. It was simply not the place to be. We retreated to the Merit Lake area, but that too was buzzing from all the late snow melt, and so, finally, we gave up, and hiked to Lake Serene on our way back home.

Mosquitoes and Retreat to Lake Serene, 7/4/08

The plan had been to spend 4 full days around the 4th of July hiking i ...

Updated: Jul 11, 2008 9:30pm PST

Kevins Pics - 2nd Dan Testing at Enso 6-28-08 :

Kevins Pics - 2nd Dan Testing at Enso 6-28-08

Updated: Jul 01, 2008 4:03pm PST

2nd Dan Testing at Enso 6-28-08 : No less than 6 people going up for 2nd Dan in Hap Ki Do on one night!

2nd Dan Testing at Enso 6-28-08

No less than 6 people going up for 2nd Dan in Hap Ki Do on one night!

Updated: Jun 28, 2008 9:45pm PST

TNAB Solstice on Snoqualmie Peak 6-19-08 : The annual TNAB solstice hike! And my first in some time. I caught the early-bird Larry shuttle from Redmond, pulling into the Alpental lot at 5pm, ahead of the crowd, but behind Don who was just crossing the first snow field as we pulled up. There's a LOT of avy debris across the first part of the 'trail', and still a lot of snow. Jason and I promptly got separated from Larry, and then, on my expert guidance, missed the trail and took the scenic talus route for the first 500 ft before connecting with trail and Don. From there it was pretty much all snow all the way. Summit in just under 2 hours, despite the occasional picture breaks, and the evening cleared up to be mighty fine. I had brought a couple Belgian ales, a Duvel and a Triple, and a can of "Young's Double Chocolate Stout". Mighty fine! Don arrived with quite the selection of cognac and some Wild Turkey in case cognac wasn't enough. As the crowd started to move in, wed had finished dinner and took a run down the back chute just for fun, and then up the knife edge just for vertigo. Finally, a few drinks and cookies later, it was time for the fun bit - glissade! The snow was a tad soft, but had this really neat quality; as we slid down, we unleashed a very fine layer of icy surface snow ahead of us, in a plume which was thin enough to think that maybe our eyes were playing tricks on us as the ground ahead blurred under this mini-blizzard. Very cool, never seen that before. Great glissading all the way to the valley, pick our way across the waterfall, which was no where near as strong as expected, and back to the car by 9:30, no headlamps required! Good hike!

TNAB Solstice on Snoqualmie Peak 6-19-08

The annual TNAB solstice hike! And my first in some time. I caught t ...

Updated: Jun 20, 2008 9:37am PST

Looking Down; Aerial Photography :

Looking Down; Aerial Photography

Updated: Jun 02, 2008 8:34am PST

Spring Skiing in the N. Cascades 5/08 : The unusually heavy and late snowpack in the Cascades made for some great spring skiing over Memorial Day Weekend. Russ, Gretchen and I spent a couple days, touring first to Lake Anne, and then the Classic Birthday Tour, the full version, not that wimpy shortcut version kids are doing these days.

Spring Skiing in the N. Cascades 5/08

The unusually heavy and late snowpack in the Cascades made for some gr ...

Updated: May 28, 2008 7:31am PST

Madison for Lillian's 91'st Bday, 3/06 : Lillian's 91st birthday party. Mom made a white cake with the checkerboard adding egg yokes to the white to make it a light yellow. Nice effect! Dad and I provided the entertainment.

Madison for Lillian's 91'st Bday, 3/06

Lillian's 91st birthday party. Mom made a white cake with the checkerb ...

Updated: May 11, 2008 8:37pm PST

Babies and MORE Babies and Great Grandpa in Maine, 7/06 : We managed to get the majority of the extended family together on Cushing's island on Maine. I rented a small plane and had a nifty IFR approach to minimums into MVY, but managed to snag Grandpa and escape to Maine just before the airport got shut down. Genevieve is walking and talking, and the babies are doing well looking cute. And Faith announced that Genevieve would be having a little sister in November!

Babies and MORE Babies and Great Grandpa in Maine, 7/06

We managed to get the majority of the extended family together on Cush ...

Updated: May 11, 2008 5:24pm PST

Pelton Family Reunion in Colorado, 8/06 : As a lucky coincidence for us, the Pelton family reunion was held up near Brainard Lake in Colorado this year, so we got to spend even more time with the new babies, Zia and Lucas, oh, and their parents.

Pelton Family Reunion in Colorado, 8/06

As a lucky coincidence for us, the Pelton family reunion was held up n ...

Updated: May 11, 2008 5:06pm PST

My 33.3333 Birthday Party : A 33rd birthday isn't much special, but a 33.3333, now there's an irrational number, and a good excuse for a 70's theme party, complete with a turn table, and an original, vinyl release of Dark Side of the Moon (also born in 1973, coincidence?), there was some big hair, and a seriously bad-ass jumper for the infant.

My 33.3333 Birthday Party

A 33rd birthday isn't much special, but a 33.3333, now there's an irra ...

Updated: May 11, 2008 4:38pm PST

Christmas in Maine 2005 :

Christmas in Maine 2005

Updated: May 08, 2008 8:52am PST

Christmas 2005 - Group Shots and Such :

Christmas 2005 - Group Shots and Such

Updated: May 08, 2008 8:47am PST

Wedding of Ben and Elaine, August 2005 : Ben & Elaine's Wedding! At least, the version of it according to Matt's camera, with pictures taken by Matt, Gretchen, Judy, and whomever else happened to grab it when I wasn't looking. Minneapolis in August - but actually the weather was very nice; not too hot, not wet, and not too muggy. All for an outdoor wedding, amazing! First up was a general feeding frenzy at Buca de Beppo, a popular family style Italian place, and coincidentally very close to the hotel.

Wedding of Ben and Elaine, August 2005

Ben & Elaine's Wedding! At least, the version of it according to Matt ...

Updated: May 08, 2008 8:29am PST

Halloween Party 2005 : A Halloween party at our pad included the likes of a nun, Bond, James Bond, Yoda, Robin, A Jamaican, and saucer boy. among others.

Halloween Party 2005

A Halloween party at our pad included the likes of a nun, Bond, James ...

Updated: May 08, 2008 8:16am PST

Baby Genevieve 6/05 : A family visit to Chappy to meet the first grandchild of the family, Faith Genevieve Frable

Baby Genevieve 6/05

A family visit to Chappy to meet the first grandchild of the family, F ...

Updated: May 08, 2008 8:09am PST

Japan is lovely in the Fall :

Japan is lovely in the Fall

Updated: Mar 09, 2008 9:38pm PST

Humor on the Road : When traveling, there's always the occasional odd sight or three. This gallery is dedicated to things that make you stop and say "what?!" or just laugh

Humor on the Road

When traveling, there's always the occasional odd sight or three. This ...

Updated: Feb 13, 2008 5:00pm PST

Mountains in Washington and Colorado :

Mountains in Washington and Colorado

Updated: Feb 09, 2008 8:46am PST

Eurasia on a Bicycle :

Eurasia on a Bicycle

Updated: Feb 05, 2008 8:14am PST

India and Nepal by Bicycle : After a couple days in Delhi, we flew to Srinigar, Kashmir, went trekking in Kashmir for a week, and then got back on the bicycles for a brutal, but rewarding trip into the high desert plateau of Ladakh, leaving the Muslim dominated Kashmir, for the Buddhist, Tibetan refugee dominated Ladakh. From Leh, the only real city in Ladakh, we headed south across the Himalaya, pushing our heavily loaded bikes as high as 17,600 ft as we crossed the mountains to Manali. Continuing south we re-entered the "real India" at Dehra Dun, and then, short on time, skipped to Kathmandu for a month of biking and volunteering in Nepal

India and Nepal by Bicycle

After a couple days in Delhi, we flew to Srinigar, Kashmir, went trekk ...

Updated: Jan 31, 2008 6:34pm PST

My Smug Mug : I don't know why this has to be a gallery, it's just the picture for the bio

My Smug Mug

I don't know why this has to be a gallery, it's just the picture for t ...

Updated: Jan 31, 2008 3:55pm PST

Africa on a Bicycle : Starting with a trip up Mt. Kilimanjaro (on foot), we bicycled from Moshi, Tanzania to Cape Town, South Africa. The trip took about 4 months and included Malawi, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana and South Africa

Africa on a Bicycle

Starting with a trip up Mt. Kilimanjaro (on foot), we bicycled from Mo ...

Updated: Jan 31, 2008 9:21am PST

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just another trigger happy, travel happy 30-something packin a digital SLR around the planet.