Happy Halloween

We got 10 trick or treaters this year. Might be a new record.

First Fire

Finally cold enough to start burning wood. Last day of October is as late as it's been in years.

Autumn Stroll

With Buddy.

Buddy

Our little doggie that lives with our neighbor.

Walks with Buddy

We've been helping our neighbor Ken out by walking Buddy a couple times a day. Anne, Ken's spouse is in California for two weeks visiting their daughter and Buddy needs more exercise than one man can provide a two year old energetic pup. We wore him out today with a three and a half mile tramp thru the woods.

Fall Moments

Was on a zoom call and I noticed some spectacular sunlight on some changing trees. It's 80 degrees today but winter is coming.

Spooky Walks

The decorations are coming out.

Chief

The new house dog. Chief is a rescue and I hope he has found his forever home.

Seventeen

17 marathons in the book and I'm sure more to come. Thanks to Robbie for cheering for Nicole at miles 7, 14 and 26.2. The drake throwers and Dylan for cheering at 11. The support kept her going.

With Shirts

Help around the track.

Shirtless Oval

Sam, Antz, Adam, Austin and Dylan accompanied Nicole around the Drake track which was at mile 11 on the marathon. The boys had to take their shirts off for crowd pleasure at the end.

Solo

Nicole and I walked this beach a couple times last year but I did it alone this morning. It's good to see the Pacific Ocean on a regular basis.

Morning Walk

It's a steep walk down and a tough climb up but Blacks Beach is worth the effort.

Chasing the sun

We left DC a little before sunset and didn't totally lose the horizon until about 30 minutes from San Diego. My back of the napkin calculation is that the earth moves a little faster than a plane.