February 6/7th - California

Cousin Drew is getting married, so bags were hastily packed and Lindsay and I joined mom and dad in California near Santa Maria for the wedding. Seeing the expanse of mountains reawakened my dreams of summiting peaks and snowboarding off them:



10:30 am GT's and hunter's ed studying go together nicely:



Family reunion on the flight to LA:



Friday:
Fantastic walk on the beach, in shorts, thinking of how cold it was in Fairbanks. Being back to this part of California brings back so many memories of the bike trip in 2010, I feel like sometimes I am swimming through snapshots of memories I misplaced long ago. It feels like rediscovering. And it feels good to recover and revisit them, like seeing an old friend.



Sunset from our condo tonight:


A walk on the pier after dinner and we saw this stand-up paddle boarder through the dark:



We spent the rest of the night watching the olympic opening ceremony; it is so good to be with family. Wedding tomorrow!