Amgen Tour of California Stage 3 in Livermore

I managed to catch the riders in two locations as they rode through the outskirts of Livermore. Bradley Wiggins (Team SKY) was in the yellow jersey.

Brad Wiggins, yellow jersey, corner of Mines and Vasco

Team SKY surrounds Brad Wiggins

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Del Valle Lake hike

I took a hike from the Del Valle dam trailhead. It was a nice, but hazy day.

The lake is full in the early season of a drought year

Early season color

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Our week in Prescott, Arizona

I was looking for a spring vacation spot that wasn’t snowed in and Prescott seemed to qualify. As usual, we rented a house for a week through VRBO. Unusually, we hit a few minor hiccups. First, our initial attempt to rent ended when the owner got confused over two inquiries coming at the same time. […]