Went to Rubicon Estate today which which was purchased in 1975 by Francis Ford Coppola and his wife Eleanor.  It was my second time visiting and it is one of my favorite wineries, mainly because they have a Tucker on the second story of the winery!

Went to Napa today with my parents and visited Castello di Amorosa which was probably my favorite winery I’ve been to so far (from a winery…not wine standpoint).  Got some great pictures and had an even better time.  After 6-7 samples at noon my pictures got more “creative”.

On vacation this week.  Made a “successful” trip to the DMV today.  I was #36 from the front door…

Some photos from Charlie Perkins (@CharliePerkins7) from the conference in Charlotte.  Some are of me moderating the technical talk and the others are of myself and Cali Lewis (@CaliLewis).

Here are some more pictures of the rafting trip from a few weeks ago.  After rafting we sat and watched people wipe out for a while and as you can see I was wiped out (exhausted).  I started lifting weights every morning for the past few weeks after going through that rafting trip.  I quickly realized how little I use my muscles when paddling down a set of rapids for an hour and a half. I also included a video someone gave me and I’m not in the raft but you can see how you get knocked around. I was expecting a nice leisurely trip down the river…oh no it was pretty intense.

Here are a few of my favorite pictures on our trip up to Portland to visit mom (and everyone in the family) for Mother’s Day.  I don’t get to see her much, so I decided we’d “get crazy” and drive up to see her.  It was a long trip, but glad we did it…