Highway 1 Bike Ride

Biking has become my new favorite thing! I recently purchased a road bike and have been on it every chance I get...which means dragging asking Bobby to come along on rides with me. This weekend we set out on our longest ride yet. It was a perfectly beautiful day on the central coast so we loaded up our bikes on the car and drove up to San Simeon, which is about 45 minutes north of SLO. We decided to ride on the northern part of Highway 1 because it's generally less populated and less developed, making it a more enjoyable, scenic ride. 

 check out those bike shorts!

made it to Big Sur! 21 miles one way

 Ragged Point

 made it up the steepest climb of my life!

not a bad view for the way home

By about mile 38, we were both dead but plowed through to the end and were so stoked to finish! 42 miles. not too shabby. I love that we were able to reach such an awesome destination and make a day out of this adventure. 

Our goal is to do a Century ride next year and do some bike touring along the coast. 

Until then, I'll settle for weekend rides like this ;)

oakland madness

Bobby and I did something we've never done before this past weekend... we went to an NFL football game!! and let me tell ya, it was quite the experience. Oh, did I mention it was a Raiders game? yea, we didn't really think that one through. The reason we went was because they played the Jets and the quarterback, Mark Sanchez, was a friend of ours from high school and we have always wanted to watch him play. Seeing him play was awesome (even though they lost...boo) but being in the mix of Raiders fans was out of control. Let me just say, I'm SO GLAD we didn't wear any green or other clothing that associated us with the Jets. Every time a person wearing a green jersey walked through the sea of black Raiders fans, they would get booed and people would yell "break his leg!", "get outta here!", and other not-so-nice phrases mixed in with a slew of cuss words to top it off. Bobby and I slid under the radar, wearing black (Roxy and Quiksilver shirts) and slyly giving each other a fist pump when the Jets did something good. Yes, I did feel kind of like a traitor, but we didn't want to cause any problems. I have never seen any fans more dedicated and die-hard than Raiders fans, and not gonna lie, it was intense! Bobby and I left the game a few minutes early hoping to beat out everyone else and it literally felt like we were running from a stampede of black. Yes, we are wimpy but we stood out like a sore thumb against the hardcoreness (word?) of Oakland.

    I set my camera to only show 'green' and notice the only green is the field.

 Sanchez #6

Overall, we had a blast! Granted it'd be more fun if we could have jumped and cheered for the Jets, but you gotta watch your back in Raider Country.

I think we will stick to watching football on our comfy couch from now on :)

volleyball season has begun!

I just started coaching girls volleyball at Morro Bay High School this season and it has been a blast!! Being in the gym around the girls and the games brings back a lot of good memories from my days playing high school volleyball. Teaching them rotations, hitting, blocking, and passing techniques allows me to keep up on my skills and pass my knowledge down to them. It's also fun because we have 4 coaches that cover the 3 teams at the high school and after practice & home games the 4 of us play doubles so we can get our fix playing! Love it!! So just for fun, I thought I would post some pictures of the days I was playing volleyball in high school to share with you all :)

 senior year mugshot.

Needless to say, I love volleyball and I'm so thankful that it has found it's way back into my life. I'll hopefully have some team photos to share as the season progresses.
Go Pirates!!