Magical Mystery Tour

Yesterday, Leslie and I got into the Halloween spirit with a tour of two "mysterious" Bay Area sites: the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose and the Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz. Both were lots of fun.

The Latest Baby Harvey News

It has been far too long since I've posted, but it has been a busy three weeks or so. My law firm dissolved, I changed jobs, and then I immediately began traveling all over the country! About a week ago, I was in North Carolina to defend a deposition for work, and I also had the chance to go visit the extended Neeland family in Wilson. I had a great time eating BBQ and going to church with Nanny, Lynn, Beth, and Uncle Ray. I then was back to San Francisco for two days, and immediately left again for a weekend trip to Montgomery for Liz's bridal shower. It was a very fun week, but was very exhausting.

On the pregnancy front, all is going well for Baby Harvey. Thomas and I had a checkup yesterday and we have now scheduled our big 18 week ultrasound. Our OB calls this ultrasound "yuppie bonding." Anyway, stay tuned... on election day (November 4), not only will we find out who our next president is, we will also find out whether Baby Harvey is a boy or a girl!

Here is my latest belly photo. Getting a big bump now for sure now that I'm at 16 weeks!

Fleet Week 2008

Fleet week this year was, as usual, awesome. The weather was beautiful, and even though Leslie was out of town (visiting family in North Carolina), I had a good time hanging out with folks up on the roofdeck (upstairs neighbor Suzanne was throwing her usual party) and taking pictures of the Blue Angels. The boats were all out on the bay and I saw sailors walking around town all weekend. Nice to have my new Nikon for this day.

Here are a couple pictures taken from the roofdeck of our apartment. Look carefully at the second photo, and you'll see a group of six jets in tight formation screaming low across the bay and leaving a vapor trail.

Yosemite Pics

It's been a while since the trip, but since we recently uploaded the photos onto Leslie's computer, I thought I would post a few of them here.

The Yosemite high country was spectacular while we were there: great weather (75 during the day), few crowds, and an abundance of beautiful views. Whit and I did the Ten Lakes-to-May Lake trip, which is about a 22 miler. While the vertical climb is signficant, the real work is in climbing up and down the numerous peaks and valleys along the way. We left from the Ten Lakes trail head around 5:30 on Friday night, and after 6 miles of climbing, dropped down into the Ten Lakes valley around 8:30pm, picking our way through the rocks by moonlight. The next day was serious: 17 miles of vertical rises and drops through the peaks around Tuolomne Peak, all the way up to May Lake. We stopped for a late, late lunch around one of our favorite spots, Raisin Lake. Ultimately, we made into the May Lake campsite right at 6:30 as they were ringing the dinner bell for the last night of the season.

Whit and I camped up on the May Lake ridge and were up just in time to see the sunrise Sunday morning. We picked our way down the hill to the May Lake trailhead and caught a ride from some good folks back to our car at the Ten Lakes trailhead.

What a great trip. Can't wait to get back there.