At St Francis High School (in Sacramento).
They lost in three sets. The volleyball season is now over.
On November 2, we learned Sophia was named to:
Volleyball playoffs
Jibe celebration
Jibe invited everyone involved with the bike program to Frends for a celebration. LCIs, volunteers, ride leaders, Bike Doc mechanics, and SABA staff who support Jibe’s activities. Lori, Laurie, Paul and Emy, BarbaraB, Cheryl.
Tim and his wife, Jeremiah, BarbaraL:
So many good bike friends.
Thank you Jibe – great event.
Walnut gathering
Wednesday and Thursday morning.
All 15 trees were raked and gathered. I went home with 4 more grocery bags of walnuts. There are now 15 on shelves in my garage.
Volleyball playoffs
In Merced at El Capitan High School. Rush hour traffic meant a 2 1/2 drive. Justin and I rode with Thais Lenin and Carson.
They won. Next game is on Thursday.
Ribbon cutting
There’s a new traffic signal at Jackrabbit Trail and Arena Blvd. Mellissa Meng and Councilmember Lisa Kaplan:
After the pedestrians crossed over and back, the bike riders went for a 5-mile ride.
Velo Lancers
Today most students rode to increase their miles to 25+ as they get ready for the finale next Saturday.
I worked one-on-one with Anahit. She learned how to ride in the first classes and has steadily gained skills every week since, but she was not ready to ride with the bigger faster groups. Barbara’s group:
Walnut recipes
With a couple of days of rain and very little on the calendar, I finished cracking and shelling all the 2025 walnuts and used them in the usual recipes I make and tested a new one: Salted caramel walnut sauce, an ice cream topping. Actually I made it wrong the first time (smaller jars on the left) by using white sugar. So I made another batch using brown sugar (jar on the right).
Candied walnuts on the plate. Mexican mocha walnuts and Maple walnut cookies.
Happy Birthday
Avery is 15 years old today!
Bishop’s Pumpkin Farm
On Monday, Lennore and I drove to Justin’s and parked in his yard. We rode to Bishop’s Pumpkin Farm in Wheatland. It was walnut gathering season on many of the roads. Semi’s driving loads of walnuts from the orchards to the dryer or from the dryer to the next step in the commercial process. We stopped to check out a tree-shaker.
It seemed crowded to us. A long slow line at Mrs B’s Bakery but worth it,
and school groups wearing same-color t-shirts.
Cooler temperatures today, low 70s, great ride, 26 miles.
Baseball
Back-to-back games on Sunday. Carson came in for the last 2 innings in the first game to save the lead. The Closer.
Batting in the second game. At one point, Carson tried to steal home but was caught in a pickle. As the catcher threw the ball to the 3rd baseman. Carson dove between the 3rd baseman’s legs and was .. SAFE!
