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My first hunting expedition at Cow Mountain, Northern California

My friend Brad and I spent a few hours crawling around Cow Mountain hunting wild pigs. We were very unsuccessful, but it was an awesome experience.

I should take a step back: I’ve never hunted before. When Sara and I sailed down to Mexico on our sailing adventure, I didn’t even know how to [...]

Sitch Family Thanksgiving in Ottawa

The Sitch clan returned to Ottawa for a long weekend Thanksgiving at home. Ben + Allison drove up from Toronto, Joe flew in from Calgary (H couldn’t attend, bummer), and Sara and I flew in from SF. Ottawa’s miserable summer broke for this one glorious weekend.

The trip was perfect: morning 10k runs, a [...]

Flaming 8lb pork tenderloin: yes, that’s how I roll

Sara and I had a few friends over for a BBQ. I tried out my fifth release candidate of “Will’s awesome brown-sugar dry rub”.

Sugar and olive oil and fire = flames. Usually a few flames are okay, but things really started to heat up.

We had to airlift the meat to safety.

Yes, [...]

Hiking in Pomo Canyon

Sara and I bushwhacked up a rocky riverbed in Pomo Canyon near Hwy 1. Beautiful trees and a great camping spot. We’re coming back with tents for sure.

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Fleet Week 2008 (and Jason’s birthday)

Fleet Week comes to San Francisco! From aircraft carriers on the bay to Blue Angels and Canadian Snowbirds in the air, it was yet another incredible show. We hooked it up with friends Mike, Jason, and Jenean.

It was also Jason’s birthday, happy birthday Jason!
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