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The lesson is: when going places for or with Kai, don’t attempt to sabotage the trip before reaching our destination.

Today with the Jeep, my wife and I throw paddle boards on the roof, and surfboards in the trunk and in 20 minutes we’re in the water.

As of January 2022, this site is set up and maintained with a few tools.

(“I’ve been ten thousand miles in the neighbor’s backyard” -Luna) Sometimes I wonder if Bob Dylan is one of those poets whose songs are meant to be interpreted by others. Think of Joan Baez and Blowin’ In The Wind, or A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall and the

Our bodies weaken, our minds become more contemplative. At first, we try to reverse the makings of time. We then hope to avoid them, but it's a futile enterprise. Our running pace declines and no matter what we change in our training regime

The usual surf session is on weekdays. Dawn patrol in days with no morning meetings. It’s seldom a solitary activity in the summer, but it can be in winter days when the forecast doesn’t show size. The break is Malibu Surfrider Beach. I used to walk down to

We visited the Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks in early September. Each trip is an opportunity to experiment with answering the question: what is the least amount of gear and clothes that I can possibly take? I’m convinced that a GoPro (plus an iPhone as backup) is sufficient

The usual trail run starts by waking up early morning on the right location. That is four minutes away from Malibu Creek State Park. The clothes selection is governed by the weather, and in this winter I’m loving my Patagonia Thermal Airshed Jacket. It keeps me at goldilocks body