>Last night I took my girls to an art gallery opening for our friend Wes Hurd and his long time friend and fellow artist Rafael Perea de la Cabada. The show is called “Surface and Silence.” Here are a few pictures from our visit:
>art show
Category: family
Sunday ride to Hayward Field and Delta Ponds
Today the weather cooperated and we mounted the bicycles and rode over to Historic Hayward Field. Once there we did some stair climbing. On the way home we took the longer route and saw lots of wildlife. This was also Wilder’s first time on the tag-along. A great family ride.
Wilder looks cool on the tag-along.
Beautiful skies of sun and clouds. Riding the west bank trail.
Waiting for the light. Wilder and Lily having a good time.
Our bike train parked at Hayward Field.
Ah, nature. The Delta Ponds.
A Great Blue Heron rules the pond.
Stopping to watch the heron.
Across the Owosso bridge, heading towards home.
>new years
>On new year’s eve day we sent to a park just to get out of the house and enjoy the nice weather – though it was a bit cold.
On new year’s day we went for a bike ride to start the year off right. it was very cold, but we had a great ride. We also surprised ourselves by getting home at deepening dusk.
>The ultimate family vacation super-8 movie
>Disneyland Dream (1956)
http://www.archive.org/flow/flowplayer.commercial-3.2.1.swf
In July 1956, the five-member Barstow family of Wethersfield, Connecticut, won a free trip to newly-opened Disneyland in Anaheim, California, in a nationwide contest. This 30-minute amateur documentary film tells the fabulous story of their fun-filled, dream-come-true, family travel adventure, filmed on the scene at Walt Disney’s “Magic Kingdom” by Robbins Barstow.
In December 2008, “Disneyland Dream” was named to the National Film Registry by the Librarian of Congress.
Note: The first uncredited screen appearance by Steve Martin occurs in the film at around the 20:20 mark – very brief, in the lower right corner. He is the 11 year old in pink shirt, black vest and top hat, hawking guidebooks.
Found at the Internet Archive.
Robbins Barstow, the creator of (and the dad in) the film died in November of this year. His obit is here.
>Bill Dellinger Invitational 2010
>On Saturday our little family jumped on our bikes and rode over to the Bill Dellinger Invitational cross country meet at Alton Baker park. The day was bright and sunny, but chilly. We had a great time, a good ride, and just plain fun. Lily has been doing some cross country running through Track City. Today she was able to get up close to some top athletes.
The ride to the meet. I am towing
the trailer with the two little ones.
the trailer with the two little ones.
The men on the course.
Men first and second place finishers.
Univ or Oregon of course.
Univ or Oregon of course.
Men third place.
Again, UofO.
Again, UofO.
The little man Atticus Roux.
The women seconds before the starting gun.
The women take off.
The women on the course.
Women first and second place finishers.
Univ of Oregon or course.
Univ of Oregon or course.
The ride home.
>finishing that walk
>
A couple of years ago my wife packed up our almost two year old daughter in the stroller and took a walk down the sidewalk to pick up our then eight year old daughter from ballet. The day was a nice day.
Before my wife could get to the ballet class a driver in an SUV crossed several lanes of traffic and struck my wife and daughter. That nice day turn ugly real quick. Broken pelvis and foot, two weeks in the hospital, several more weeks in a hospital bed at home, constant pain.
The other day we took a walk down the same road to pick up our eldest daughter from ballet. You could say this was the day that walk from two years ago was finally finished. Though pain still lingers for my wife, I cannot thank God enough these two are still alive and with us.
Two years after. Finishing the walk.
>one more family activity…cross country!
>
Our eldest started doing cross country. Until recently she has unequivocally stated her interest in running is nil. She loves to bike instead. Not long ago, however, we heard about cross country running for kids coached through Track City. Surprisingly she said she wanted to do it, so we checked it out yesterday. Lo and behold she loved it.
Good job Lily!
I have to say I think this will be a good thing. Running is great for kids if they don’t overdo it. Of course, when any of our kids do anything like this it ends up involving the whole family. We may not all be running, but we are all part of it in one way or another.
groceries by bike, or how biking makes the ordinary better
Last weekend we decided to do some grocery shopping via the bike path. We loaded the two little kids in the trailer and set out on our 9.2 mile round trip to Trader Joe’s. It was fun and a healthy way to do some shopping.
On the Ruth Bascom bike path.
Over the Owosso bike bridge.
Out front at Trader Joe’s.
Checking out. The trailer is the shopping cart.
The littles ready to go.
Meeting friends at the park.
It was one of those times when the weather is perfect, the ride is great, and when we got there we ran into friends. We have decided that we will try to do more family bike trips, even during winter if it is not torrential rain or icy (remember to old Scandinavian adage: there is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes). Going by car is just less adventurous. One additional benefit: When grocery shopping by bike one is less likely to buy lots of stuff one does not need.
This past week, though, I had no chance to bike. I was in long, all day, data & business intelligence workshops for my job and I just could not fit biking in, whether for the commute or just working out. So yesterday I came home a little early and rode across town to meet up with the family (they had biked to a friend’s home) and rode home with them. That was the perfect end to my work week.
I have to say that every ride includes some crazy motorist choices, like the guy with his large pickup and trailer who decided to turn into his driveway immediately across my path forcing me to hit my brakes or hit him. I could tell it was one of those situations where a driver thinks he is going so much faster than the cyclist that he can zoom right past, but not realizing the cyclist’s speed or the fact that a small misjudgment on his part could end tragically. It may also have been a situation where a motorist just does not think (maybe subconsciously) that a cyclist is a legitimate user of the road and, therefore, does not require the same courteous consideration as motorists. Ah, biking. Ride defensively.
>cycling and croissants (or ‘have bikes will roll’)
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We loaded the kids in the trailer and rode our bikes to Hideaway Bakery one recent Saturday morning.
We rode along the Willamette River, through Skinner’s Butte Park, through the Univ of Oregon campus, then some neighborhoods, along the Amazon bike path, to the bakery. The ride is about 7 miles one way.
I shot this on my Canon G11 – a little tricky hand holding it at times while riding and pulling the trailer. I wish this camera shot in HD, but it’s not bad for what it is. Edited in the Canon utility that came with the camera, and with Windows Live Movie Maker (yes, I’m cheap).
Music is by Caribou, from ‘The Milk of Human Kindness.’ Song is track 5: ‘Bees.’
>a day at the beach
>Sometimes one just has to make a video of one’s kids running around at the beach.
This was shot on a Flip camera and edited in Windows Live Moviemaker.
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