Vacation and a two-walk day: August 8 2025

I’m at the tail end of a really lovely vacation in central and northern California with my husband. We have seen a lot of family members and friends.

At some point I will try to write a full blog post about it, but for now I will just share some pictures from the day and from my two hikes.

It was a very full day, which included great moments with friends, a trip to a goat farm and the beach, and a dinner made with fresh caught fish, right off a boat. Here’s a picture my husband took of me at the goat farm we visited with our friends in the afternoon.

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The first hike of the day was on a trail through redwoods, oaks and pines with a group that meets to walk each week. They are all Silicon Valley tech veterans (as am I) so we had a lot to talk about. Unfortunately I was stung by bees twice!

Here’s a picture of me with Bay Area fog in the background.

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And here’s a picture of the group.

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The second hike was along the beach. It was a very nice day! And much cooler on the coast than on the trail earlier.

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After the beach walk we went to buy fresh fish from a fisherman on a boat. One of my friends went to a website to locate the boat we needed to find where we could buy the fish.

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After that we went to another market for supplies, and then one of our hosts cleaned and cooked the fish while another made a salad and I cooked up a vegetable couscous dish.

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What a great day!

Thank you for stopping by!

Photo credits: All of the photos in this post were taken by me and belong to me, unless otherwise noted.

My bio: I am a fiction writer and photographer based in Minnesota. I have had a lifelong love of fiction writing. I am earned my MFA in writing from the University of New Hampshire. My short stories go de have appeared in a range of literary journals and anthologies, and my first short story collection, Somewhere in Minnesota is available on Amazon US as well as international Amazon sites., Barnes & Noble or from the publisher.