Going Home for a Bike Ride!

My friend Debbie and I took a roadtrip with our bikes to Newport Beach, California. We had been planning this trip for months. Our goal for the trip was to ride our bikes at the beach. Ride we did, lots. Saturday we rode the Back Bay trail about 20 miles. Sunday was a cool, fogging, drizzly ride from Newport Pier to The Wedge. It was extra fun for me since that is where I grew up. It's funny how as a kid I took the ocean for granted. I had no idea it was home or one of my best friends and how I'd miss it so much. I wonder if that's how my kids will feel about mountains or red dirt someday. Below are some pictures I took while visiting my home!

The waves were huge at The Wedge! These pictures don't show any comparison to their size. There is something awesome about the sound of a huge wave pounding on the ground. I was in heaven just sitting there watching them. These pictures do however show how foggy it was.

The Back Bay trail

Debbie enjoying the view.

We woke up to this, my car is the red one with the bikes. I have no idea how this guy got out of his truck. Seriously, his mirror was an inch from mine, I had to take a picture of it and share.

Beautiful skies, fishing and camping!

I love a beautiful sunset with pink and orange clouds. I took these pictures on a recent fishing trip with friends. Linda and Bob followed us to Enterprise Reservoir on a Saturday a few weeks ago. It was a perfectly wonderful day, except for a little wind, the weather was perfect, we grilled

hot dogs, visited and I caught 4 fish!

Linda and Bob

We've been camping a couple of times recently. On one occasion Scott, Jaimie and the kids followed us up and had dinner, played and best of all made smores with us. Tanner and Hannah are the masters of smores or as Hannah would call them "snores". Roasting marshmallows just to watch them burn like a torch was fun too.

Oh, dear little marshmallow

How I love you

You're soft, you're so sweet

And so sugary too!

All white as snow

Chewy and soft as fluff

However I try

I can't get enough!

Look at that dirty face, awww the joy and fun of having dirt and ash on your cute face.

Below is one of my very best friends in the entire world. She is my caboose or baby, whatever. I don't know what I'd do without this girl.

This is another one of my very best friends in the entire world. My BIKE! Mine has the basket and gears, the other cool one is Nikki's.