Diablo Blanco -> sightseeing in SF

There was some low elevation snow in the forecast, so we decided to do the next best thing to BALLS (Bay Area Low Level Skiing)... BUD (Bike up Diablo).  So I picked up Scott and we rode from Sigman's house.  

Check out the summit!

 

This early ride gave me plenty of time to get back and shower.  Then we took a Lyft to Jack London to hop on the ferry for a day in SF.

The boys are sad to leave Oakland... not...

 

at the Cable Car museum...

Cool tokens from around the country

  

the Key system in Oakland!

 

 

Coit Tower, in memory of volunteer firemen.

the line was too long, so we left, but the boys liked sliding down... 

 

 

 

 

and we found a geocache!

 

  

 

 

this was an amazing playground btw.  Need to take the kids back here... 

 

we found this place in N. Beach for dinner.  

 

 

 

in China town we found some dim sum that the boys devoured.  Around this time they were getting quite goofy and silly.. time to get home!

  

Castle with Sam and Scott - BC day 3

Summit shot

Had a great weekend (but I'll highlight Sun here) in Tahoe.  Dawn patrolled up Castle's shoulder with Sam and Scott from the rest area, got back by 9 am, skate skied to Sugar Bowl, and proceeded to stomp a few front flips at Sugar Bowl while skiing with the Nickelsens and Dufours.  After skiing we stopped in at the old train tunnels and I capped off this amazing day by registering for PBP this Aug on our drive home!

Love the start to this tour...

Awesome sunrise.

Scott was up for the day and he kept on touring the rest of the day.

E face of Castle looks nothing like what you usually see

Sam = Stoked

The turns down were... bone jarring

but at least it was pretty

After getting home, getting the boys ready I got on my skate skis and met the fam at the drop off.  And soon I was changing into my Tele gear and shredding the mountain with the kiddos.  

Huzzah!

Very aggressive tuck there Nikko... 

beautiful day, sunny, good company, thumbs up!

On the way home we stopped by the old tunnels.  

The kids had fun throwing rocks at the icicles.

Kai showing off his broken off icicle like a prized bass

The kids still had energy, so we let them play outside for a while longer...

and I'm set! PBP here I come!

Some more pics from the weekend... Jan = I catch lots of sunrises. From skate skiing on Sat morning

It was nice to get out with Alexis as I usually skate ski solo.

Might be the toughest skate ski descent conditions all year