Halloween evening

While Carson (far left) went trick-or-treating with Zane and Hudson,

and Avery went to a party/trick-or-treating with friends,

Thais, Lenin, and I went to Sophia’s playoff game. Christian Brothers beat Rio Americano High School.

I hope Halloween was a big treat for all of you!

Halloween morning

A beautiful morning in E Nicolaus, a bit chilly, flocks of geese honking overhead.

Thank you Becky for wanting to gather walnuts with me. What a good friend! Becky raked all the walnuts from 15 trees into piles. I picked up about half the piles, sorted out the debris and filled 5 grocery bags to take home. We finished sorting the debris and left a thick layer of walnuts to finish drying. Justin picked up the rest of the walnuts later in the day.

At home, the walnuts went into stacked drying trays in the garage.

Casting

As soon as Thais got home, Carson asked if he could practice casting into the swimming pool. He did a really good job.

Recently, Avery learned to fish, then caught his first (and second) trout at Old Greenwood.

Project Ride Smart

at Westlake Charter. The prep room/extra teaching space for all four 5th grade classrooms. Doug, BarbaraL, Kathy, Gina, Deanna:

Kathy and I had the Blue group today – all had excellent skills.

Kathy did a great job teaching one of the classes.

ECOS awards dinner

Sue Teranishi invited me to this annual event which took place at Camp Pollock. ECOS = Environmental Council of Sacramento.

Four awards were given, but we were most excited about the Transportation Award which was given to Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates. Sue, Deb, Jennifer Finton/Executive Director, Breathe California:

Deb Banks, Executive Director, SABA:

Davis to Winters and back

Fourteen of us met in Davis at Lake Blvd and Russell Blvd on Saturday morning.

We rode about 13 miles to Winters. Great bike parking in front of Steady Eddy’s.

We took a one-hour rest stop for lunch and to visit the Winters Harvest Festival.

This is a popular ride organized and led by Leo – everybody loves the rides Leo leads. I got to ride sweep – my favorite place on a group ride.

On the way back with just 4.5 miles to go, one of our riders had a flat tire. Sheila and I stayed with the rider while Leo rode back to his parked vehicle, then drove to pick up the stranded rider and her bike.

Great ride with old and new friends. 26 miles.

Project Ride Smart

at Westlake Charter. Prepping the students for their first street ride. Gina, Deanna, Kathy, and a parent volunteer:

Kathy and I worked with the Yellow group, three different classes. Great cyclists who know how to safely ride on the street.