Biking the Golden Gate

This week Cherie and I went to Monterey and Sausalito. It was perfect weather and we had a great trip. We started out in Monterey and went to the aquarium for the first time. It was a great experience and we both really enjoyed it(look at the peguinn video below) We then went to Sausalito for four days and had a great time. The highlight was riding bikes through San Francisco and then over the Golden Gate bridge and back to our hotel in sausalito (about 11 miles). The next day we rode from Sausalito to Tiburon for lunch then took the ferry back to S.F. to complete the loop. We also got to see Tom Perkins 130 million dollar sail boat. Was a perfect trip and we even got to see some of the Phillie's winning the world series.

Eric's dolphin video

This is some video's from Eric and Chris trip to Anacapa Island on saturday put to music. This is Eric's first combining of video's put to music.

Chris and Eric Go to Anacapa Island

My brother Chris and I went to Anacapa today. It was choppy today out on the water but we ran into one of the largest pods of dolphins I have ever seen. We saw spinner and common dolphins. It was a great trip and we both had a great time. The video is shoots from both of our camera's and chris put it together with the music.

Family comes to Channel Islands

Inky and Kellie

The Red Rocket

This weekend we were joined by Eric's parents, Cherie's parents, Eric's brother and wife Cindy, Cherie's brother Phil and Inky and Kelli. We had a great weekend and the weather was perfect. Eric and Chris went out on the Seadoo's saturday (see Video's) and had some great harbor cruises on the electric boat. In the bottom video you can hear the dolphins talking.

We made it to Santa Cruz

Peliguns at Santa Cruz Island

Cherie and I finally made it to Santa Cruz island. It was a perfect day out on the water and we could see the Island the whole way. It is about 21 miles to get there. It was sunny and the water was calm most of the way there and most the way back. We also went out with Richard another seadooer that goes out all the time. He also has a blog with info on his trips out to the islands. He has even taken his seadoo to catalina and the mexican boarder. I have gotten some good information from his site. Santa Cruz is the biggest of all the channel islands. Click on the image to get a good look at them. See information below to get an idea where we went and more about the islands.

Santa Cruz Island Information

Santa Cruz Island is the largest privately owned island off the continental United States. The island, located off the coast of California, is 22 miles (35 km) long and from 2 to 6 miles (3 to 10 km) wide. It is part of the northern group of the Channel Islands of California, and at 61,764.6 acres (249.95 km² or 96.507 sq mi) is the largest of the eight islands in the chain. Santa Cruz Island is located within Santa Barbara County, California. The coastline has steep cliffs, gigantic sea caves, coves, and sandy beaches. Defined by the United States Census Bureau as Block 3000, Block Group 3, Census Tract 29.10 of Santa Barbara County, the 2000 census showed an official population of 2 persons. [1] Highest peak is Devils Peak, at 2450+ feet (747+ m).
A central valley splits the island along the Santa Cruz Island Fault, with volcanic rock on the north and older sedimentary rock on the south.
Santa Cruz is the only place where the Island Scrub Jay is found.

Cal Lutheran Alumni Golf

It was a great day for golf today. We had a 100 plus players show up for the annual golf day. I had the honor of playing we 3 of the finest players in Cal Lu's history. Check out the video's all 3 drives went about 260 right down the middle. Ralph, Mike, Jack and I shoot a very impressive 6 under par. We would have won but we missed a few short putts and ran out of mulligans. We also got to play in front of Mike Adams, Blake Mueller, Paul Martin, and Steen Weber (see photo). It worked out perfectly as there was no way they would be able to hit into us. It was a beautiful day and the Malibu golf course was in very good shape. Good time had by all.