2024 Year In Review

I can't recall ever doing a year in review post, but there's a first time for everything.

In January we spent nine days in Cabo San Lucas.

After Cabo we resumed our normal lives for a bit. We rode bikes:

Had a beer or two:

And hung out with grumpy old friends:

In March Spencer and I went to spring training in Scottsdale for five days to take in some baseball. The first night wasn't so great.

But after that it was blue skies.

We even played a little catch ourselves.

Back home, we finished off spring training with an exhibition game between the San Francisco Giants and Sacramento River Cats.

In April it started warming up, and the scenery turned from brown to green.

Through April and much of May we stayed home, worked on home projects, and got some rides in.

Late May came and we decided we deserved a trip to the coast.

In June we took a day trip to Tahoe:

In July Jennifer and I went to Pomona to look for an apartment for Spencer, who would be attending Cal Poly Pomona.

We watched the Mariners destroy the Angels.

From Pomona we drove to Tucson to help my dad and stepmom move into their new house.

I drove a big truck.

Bought some Geico insurance.

We went back to Pomona again on the drive back from Tucson to nail down the apartment lease. I missed nine riding days and still managed to ride over 500 miles in July.

In August we made two separate trips to Pomona, the first to take possession of the apartment and build furniture:

And find the local breweries.

We were deep within enemy territory.

The sofa box made a fine temporary TV stand.

The second Pomona visit was to move Spencer in (and build more furniture):

He has strenuous hiking right across the street from his apartment.

In October we again went to Pomona for a few days just to visit.

Much of November was dedicated to a huge home improvement project, but we carved out some time for Monterey:

In December we came super close to buying this:

But ultimately decided on this:

I grew tired of the gloomy weather, but a vacation to a warmer, sunnier destination is only a few weeks away. I think I can make it.

Overall it was a very good year. I can't complain.

Later.