enjoying the outdoors

What a healthy spring in flagstaff. Kayaked upper lake mary with Jeff the other afternoon....WOW that lake filled right up to the trees....so beautiful...did some riding with friends in from back east....we all got out in the woods yesterday. trails opening fast..... just some recent photos....d

water

Yeah some great riding to be had in Flagstaff.....rode up to snow the other day with Anges. love seeing all the springs that are running right now. the lakes near our house are full....went kayaking on lower lake Mary this am, which many times can be dried up to a mud puddle. sally insisted on sitting on my lap for part of the time. what a spoiled black dog. Jeff joined me for part of the paddle. he continued to fish while I went to work. love all the water.....thanks Dan and Kathy for letting me use your kayak.....D

puerto lobos- thanks Elson and Cindy

nice to leave our culture and enter another completely different. refreshing and important to see how others live... some of nicest people with so little. Fresh fish from the ocean. fresh vegetables and home made tortillas yummmmmm from the local women. people living simple. using there local resources, being happy and more generous than most. puerto lobos at the end of a 70 kilometer dirt road on the ocean. a little fishing community.

great to kayak for my first time on the ocean. saw sea lions, dolphins, and a whale that was off on the horizon. the last day was a sea of glass it was awesome.....good to be home- road the trails from the house. snow is melting fast....D