California

After a fun few days at Internet Identity Workshop, it’s time to head home.

Yesterday, I explored the west side of Pinnacles National Park. Today, I made the longer trek to the east side of the park.

I’m staying this weekend near Monterey. I’ve long been curious about Pinnacles National Park, so I ventured out to explore the west side of the park today.

I’m in California to attend a conference in the Bay Area. I came down a few days early to (surprise, surprise) do a bit of exploring.

And now, it’s time to go home.

This morning, I woke up early again to view more of Joshua Tree National Park. This time, I took the turn to Pinto Basin Road toward the Cottonwood Springs area and exited the park to the south toward Salton Sea.

I woke up early this morning to go explore Joshua Tree National Park. What a treat it was!

With most of my immediate family out of town on various travels of their own, I decided to treat myself to a few days in the desert of Southern California. I’m excited to check out Joshua Tree National Park this weekend. Stay tuned!

Our time in California is over. This morning, I went for an early morning walk through Mendocino Headlands State Park.

For me, the appeal was yet another visit to Mendocino, probably my 15th or 20th over at least 30 years. (I was there twice last year alone!) For Lisa, the appeal was an opportunity to visit Glass Beach in nearby Fort Bragg.

Lisa and I are in California this week while I attend a conference. We flew down Sunday afternoon and took some time to enjoy the coastal drive from Half Moon Bay to Santa Cruz on Monday before arriving at the conference venue in Mountain View.

I went to California this week for a major event for my team at work.

This week I’ve been attending Internet Identity Workshop (warning: that link is mostly deeply geeky).

This week I’ve been attending Internet Identity Workshop (warning: that link is mostly deeply geeky). This event is held twice a year at the lovely Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, which recounts the formative years of our tech industry.

My fiancé and I took a short trip to San Francisco this weekend. This was partly so I could have a couple of work-related meetings and partly just for fun.

The plan was to spend a couple of days on the California coast and then work our way up through Crater Lake and Bend, Oregon, before heading home.

Yesterday, we drove from Reno to Half Moon Bay, California, by way of the south side of Lake Tahoe. Today, we drove back into San Francisco for some shopping and a big-city experience.

After 43 days on the road, I am happy to be back home. Today’s travels took me from San Jose, California, over the Cascades, and to my partner’s home in the south Sound.

I’m in San Jose, California, for some meetings with my incredible team. Few pictures, as much of our time was in conference rooms, but we did take a day for a fun excursion to the Roaring Camp Railroad in the redwoods near Santa Cruz.

I spent the rest of the weekend in Mendocino and headed back to the Bay Area for a few days of meetings with the rest of my team.

Continuing on from my month-long trip through the Southeastern US, I spent most of this week representing my team and project at Internet Identity Workshop. IIW is a fabulous torrent of information and connections. Having attended before and had that same experience then, I made plans to have this weekend away and to myself.

It was going to be a long day in any case. But when our 2am flight from San Juan became a 4:30am flight, there was no longer a direct flight available for us from Newark to Seattle. So … we took the long(er) way home.

I know we don’t (and shouldn’t) get out much these days, but I needed to visit a family member in the Bay Area recently. Had a few days to get home, so that led to a coastal road trip and a park visit on the way back.

As part of an Adobe team event, I and many of my team mates were able to spend a day at Safari West where we had the chance to be up close and personal with many animals not typically seen in North America.

I’m in Las Vegas for a few days for a conference. I had a day off so I got my kicks on Route 66 today.

I drove down to the Bay Area for a work trip this week. Here are a few scenes from the way there and back.