Here’s a sample of the fun and humor that’s encountered during the ride. As you can see, it’s a party everyday!
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Jun 10
AIDS/Lifecycle 9 Slideshow
Thanks to my donors and to those who supported me during the AIDS/Lifecycle 9.
It’s been a week since ALC9 ended and I’m recovering well. I do have to admit that I miss riding my bike through the beautiful landscape between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Here’s a little slideshow of my journey.
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Jun 10
Photos from AIDS/Lifecycle 7 – 2008
I don’t think I ever posted photos from the first AIDS/Lifecycle that I participated in. Just in case you were interested in seeing them, here they are.
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Oct 09
Birthday Cupcakes
My wife made homemade pumpkin cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. These were yummy if not extremely bad for you. The recipe yielded roughly 50 cupcakes utilizing one box of butter and 2 cups of sugar. They tasted fantabulous!
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Oct 09
Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival 2009
This is late in coming, but we made it to the Pumpkin Festival in Half Moon Bay. We dined on typical HMBPF food – mostly Costco inspired concoctions for a premium. We’re not there for anything more at least one pumpkin inspired food item. This year it was pumpkin mac and cheese for me and Myles. Savannah and Angela had pumpkin ice cream.
Pumpkin mac and cheese was interesting – pumpkin spice with pumpkin seeds. It sounded kind of unappetizing, but it was surprisingly good.
Myles managed to acquire a wax hand. Overall, a good time had by all.
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Aug 09
Day 3: Avi Resort & Casino – Fort Mojave
I made a discovery today. We’re not actually in Laughlin – we’re in Fort Mohave in Arizona. Also learned that Avi means money in the native language of the Pipa Aha Macav (People by the River).
In the morning, we all headed over to Bonanza Cafe in Fort Mojave, outside of the casino grounds. It’s small cafe that appears to feed quite a few visitors and locals. I had my staple of corned beef hash with eggs over easy. It’s interior reminded me of what diners looked when I was a kid, before the introduction of standardized and sanitized interiors of which we’re all familiar given the various Denny’s and Denny’s-like chains that have cropped up. The closest thing I could compare it to is “A Bite of Wyoming” in San Jose, but not quite as good. If you’ve ever been there, you’ll know what I’m talking about (well recommended by the way…). We’re supposed to meet with Angela’s mom at noon, back at the casino.
Everyone had a great time. Lulu had toast for the first time – to no surprise, she enjoyed it and managed to eat some, while managing to scatter bits over herself and the vintage 70’s high-chair. Ana had a HUGE breakfast (not any bigger than the rest of us) – toast and two servings of cereal. Myles and Savannah had their breakfast-out staples. You really couldn’t pick a better place to build this kind of memory.
Afterwards, we were off to Target to buy things we sort of needed. To our surprise, Angela bumped into both her mom and Jim! No need to rush back to the casino! As to be expected, we paid for our stuff, bought some Starbucks and headed back to the hotel.
For the rest of the day? We were supposed to spend the day at the beach, but with molten sand and no cabanas, no way. Instead, we spend the day at the pool – a nice break from the 100-degree or so heat. For the most part, Myles and Ana were gathering kids together and playing. That was a pretty cool site. Lulu spend time with pretty much everyone, but she enjoyed her time with Yaya while in the pool. To everyone’s amazement, she started kicking like a frog once she got in the water. Next time I need to bring the video camera.
Middle: Savannah, Right: Myles needs sunblock
Next thing we knew, it was time for dinner. Off to Native Harvest Buffet for dinner and off to bed… until tomorrow…
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Aug 09
Day 2: Bakersfield, CA to Laughlin, NV
We arrived at the Avi Casino and Resort just outside of Laughlin, Nevada around 4pm on Saturday to a nice and balmy 104-degree. Savannah, Myles, Lulu and Angela are travelling well so far… only one mishap. Lulu fell of the bed this morning. Poor thing… she’s all better except for a mark on her face….
We met up James, Jessica and Ana and met up with Angela’s mom.
So far, Avi is an interesting place – your typical visitors to desert resort / casinos.
We go exploring tomorrow….
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Aug 09
Day 1: San Jose to Bakersfield
We’re in beautiful Bakersfield. Today was strictly a traveling day to get us closer to Bullhead City without overdoing it.
There were police tons of police as we drove through Pacheco Pass – they caught tons of speeders.
Other than me being sick, it was a relatively good start to the trip. Of course, we had the obligatory “last-15-minute” Lulu meltdown. Other than that, we checked into the Holiday Inn Express to get ready for tomorrow.
We were missing some important items when we checked in, so we paid a visit to the local Walmart and Target just for fun. We had Jack-in-the-Box for dinner…
Now it’s bedtime.
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Jul 09
Shiela’s baby shower
Earlier today we drove up to Sacramento for my cousin’s baby shower. This year is full of babies. First us, next my cousin, and soon after that, my sister!
Anyways, it was good seeing everyone today. First the shower with great food and great company, and afterwards, a trip to my cousin’s house for a nice cool dip in the pool. It also happened to be Lulu’s first time! She had a great time. At first she wasn’t all too sure about the big “bath tub” but she got used to it pretty quickly. In no time flat, she was kicking, splashing and smiling.
All in all, a really good day!