Campsite Review: Foothills Park

Posted on July 1, 2012 by carolyn

Location:
Foothills Park
3300 Page Mill Road
Los Altos Hills, CA

Note that this park is open to Palo Alto residents and their guests only — proof of residency is required at the park entrance.

I camped here as part of a NCWHL group event, made possible by the awesome Lisa and Shannon.  Thanks for setting everything up, ladies!  Hockey friends, camping, and motorcycling all in one trip…* happysigh *

Date of visit:
June 30-July 1, 2012

Weather:
Gorgeous!  It was in the mid 70s during the day and cooled off to the high/mid 60s while sitting around the campfire.  The overnight low in my tent was 60F.

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I look vaguely competent!

Posted on June 28, 2012 by carolyn

Thanks to Leo for the photo taken during Raisa’s pickup!  I think it was taken by Andrey Seryukov; if that’s wrong, let me know and I’ll re-attribute.

Holy crap, I almost look like I know what I’m doing.  My stick* is on the ice, my knees are bent, my head is up…I should stop playing again now as I have clearly already hit the pinnacle of competence for returning to hockey.

* This is not actually my stick.  I remembered all of my gear except for, y’know, the thing you need to handle the puck.  Oops.  Fortunately Ice Oasis has a surprisingly large number of “lost and found” kids’ sticks available for those of us shorties too dumb to bring our own equipment.

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Burninating Raisa’s birthday pickup!

Posted on June 24, 2012 by carolyn

2 years, 10 months, and 8 days after the last time I put on hockey gear….

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Happy summer!

Posted on June 21, 2012 by carolyn

Happy beginning of summer, everyone!  I’m so excited for this summer that words can’t say.   Not only are there exciting adventures to be had with the blueberry, but there are camping adventures! And motorcycle adventures!  Obviously I’m not taking off for multi-week trips or anything, but I’m more optimistic about my riding opportunities than I have been in years.

Yesterday was a very good motorcycling start to the summer for me.  My riding day began with an exciting ride to the dentist…hey, I get my riding where I can. 🙂  The Ninjette is riding much better now that I have actually inflated the tires and I thoroughly enjoyed the trip into town.

This made me very glad that the Teiz suit has nice ventilation.  Welcome, summer!

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Good influences

Posted on June 14, 2012 by carolyn

I have a few good motorcycling friends that I used to ride with who have moved away.  Coincidentally, two of them were visiting the Bay Area this past week, so there was much motorcycle/Kira socializing.

I used to go riding with Paul and Dave up on “the hill” (Highway 9, Skyline, Alice’s, down to Pescadero, etc) at least once a month.  I was bummed when Paul and his family moved to Florida a few years ago, though I did stay with them on my cross country trip in 2008.

Here we are posing with Dave’s Honda 929/954 frankenbike. 🙂

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