At Woodward West Sports Camp, California.
Contemplating.
Only contemplating.
Category: travel
visiting Debbie Broderick
I was one of Debbie’s coaches back in the day at Altadore Gymnastics.
In 2012 she and her husband Eli own one of the top rated clubs in the States, Byers Gymnastics, Sacramento.
I visited her at the gym yesterday.
… Today, July 4th, I’m meeting her for Crossfit training. (Wish me luck.) And then a family get together for the holidays.
Later today I’ll head into the Sierra mountains via Highway 108, a road I’ve never visited before.
the way to San Jose
I KNOW it. 🙂
San Jose, California is poor cousin to San Francisco. But I love the place.
San Jose is the largest city within Silicon Valley …
… 300+ days of sunshine and an average daily high temperature of 73 °F (23 °C) …
The weather is often excellent even when it’s raining in San Francisco.
It’s the home of Adobe, Cisco Systems, eBay and many other high tech leaders.
Google and Apple are nearby.
Yet it’s kept quite rustic. … Or perhaps that’s the lack of tax money for maintenance. Stockton, California just announced they were insolvent, becoming the largest city in U.S. history to declare bankruptcy.
There are many outdoors-men like myself who’ve settled here. A few are quite entrepreneurial.
Some like to sing. Or talk. … To themselves. Non-stop.
… San Jose lies between the San Andreas Fault … and the Calaveras Fault. San Jose is shaken by moderate earthquakes, above four on the Richter Scale, on average of one to two times a year. …
From here I’m headed to Woodward West Gymnastics Camp.
On The Road – movie trailer
Alastair is looking forward to this new film, an adaptation of the Jack Kerouac classic.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
related – 11 Travel Books for Bums
I’m On The Road, myself, once again.
… OK, it’s the Hilton San Jose, California. But that’s a start. 🙂
farewell Saskatchewan
My 3 month stint coaching at Gymnastics Adventure in Regina ended yesterday.
Thanks so much to Tammy, Darcy, Mary Lou and everyone at GA for treating me so well.
My good friends Dana Brass and Frederick Nicolas will be taking over. Dana arrives July 7th.
I’ll be back to visit as quick as possible.
Next stop — Red Deer. Then San Jose, California for the U.S. Olympic Trials.
Chagas disease – 10+ million victims
Have you heard of Chagas?
Chagas Disease: “The New HIV/AIDS of the Americas”
I hadn’t.
That editorial, published in a journal dedicated to neglected tropical diseases, was picked up by the NY Times, the Daily Mail, and more.
Chagas disease … is commonly transmitted to humans and other mammals by an insect vector, the blood-sucking “kissing bugs” …
The disease may also be spread through blood transfusion and organ transplantation, ingestion of food contaminated with parasites, and from a mother to her fetus. …
… It is estimated that as many as 8 to 11 million people in Mexico, Central America, and South America have Chagas disease, most of whom do not know they are infected. …
Iowa for Easter
I find myself in Des Moines (the Monks) Iowa on Easter Sunday. Very green, quiet and clean.
Here’s the Iowa State Capitol.
… hmm.
I often don’t like slideshows on the internet. But this slideshow interface looks OK. Leave a comment if you’ve an opinion.
related – Des Moines is NOT Boring
beautiful Regina
We’ve had amazingly good weather since I moved to Regina, Saskatchewan. I’ve been bragging.
But we did have some … days in March.
Here was the scene close to where I work.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
