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Tonya's Story - Chapter '22

Tonya's Story - Chapter '21

  • Pescadero Point - New Year's Day 2021
  • Orangetheory Covid workouts at Earthquakes Stadium (note they were pulling up the turf, getting ready for spring) - with Vanessa
  • Inauguration Day 2021
  • More workout pix at Earthquakes Stadium (turf's back!)
  • Arnold, CA snow and chalets
  • Arnold's "Big Trees"
  • ... and happy snowmen
  • beautiful warm day in Arnold, but the snow persisted
  • A very rare foggy day in San Jose
  • Half the Galentines -- with Yolanda and Vanessa working our way through another Orangetheory class
  • Office Hours at Crema with Katherine
  • Bella loves visiting Uncle Vinnie's Spa
  • ... on our way to Pinnacles National Park to see some condor babies
  • Pinnacles National Park -- for the winter NorCal Airstream Rally
  • Pinnacles National Park
  • Bella taking a breather at Pinnacles
  • me @ Pinnacles
  • seen any condors?
  • nope, no condors here.
  • but lots of Aluminum Beauties!
  • Galentines up to no good... Beautiful day for a Covid Workout at Earthquakes Stadium (Vanessa, Tara, Margaret, Yolanda)
  • Homage to Bella - my aluminum love child
  • first time dry camping. beautiful site above The Mill at 43 Ranch overlooking the Salinas Valley.
  • loved the Woodland Auto "bonus" at the Estrella Warbird Museum
  • back to 43 Ranch... and my baby cows
  • sweetest little guy ever
  • ridgetop site came equipped with a little private campfire to knock the chill
  • Cindy and her happy girls... Cora and Kiley
  • Weekend at 43 Ranch
  • Vaccine #1. (booked Maui that week)
  • The San Francisco Bay from Coyote Hills Park
  • Beautiful bay view from Coyote Hills Park
  • Coyote Hills Slough from the Muskrat Trail (Coyote Hills Park, near Fremont)
  • Easter Brunch & Beach with Kevin in Santa Cruz
  • Walton Lighthouse at Seabright Beach (Santa Cruz) after Easter Brunch
  • Santa Cruz Harbor
  • Morning Entertainment (Earthquakes Team Practice) during our Orangetheory Workout
  • Galentines Final Friday @ Earthquakes
  • The party is about to start... #Galentines..... Yolanda, Margaret, and Vanessa
  • (any excuse for a t-shirt) Thanks - Earth - Quakes - Stadium - ❤️❤️❤️ Tonya - Yolanda - Vanessa - Margaret - Tara
  • Jean Lauer Trail overlooking Pillar Point Bluff (near Moss Beach)
  • Pink Hat (Airstream); Pink Mask (Rothy's); Pink Lips (Chanel)... Beautiful scenery (sent from above). Jean Lauer trails near Moss Beach.
  • Vaccine #2. I wanna be bulletproof! Maui-bound!
  • With Vanessa at Yolanda's Birthday Gathering -- first "let's sneak and 10 of us gather in the parking lot" OTFRG birthday party
  • Yolanda's Orangetheory Birthday -- first "coming down the Covid homestretch" get-together
  • Bella got a mascot.
  • Bella under the trees in Olema
  • Spring NorCal Airstream Rally - Olema Campground
  • Olema -- lots of aluminum beauties
  • along the route to Point Reyes (Tomales Bay in the background)
  • nautical decor outside an old boathouse
  • Sunset in Old Lahaina (Maui)
  • Animals do funny things on the Road to Hana
  • windmills on the route to the Road to Hana
  • ... it got much worse than this
  • I bet the locals drive right past this every day and don't even notice it
  • The church Charles Lindbergh attended (you can't see the dozen native horses on the left, grazing under the trees)
  • Charles Lindbergh's grave
  • the view from the back of the property where the church and gravesite are located
  • Wailua Falls
  • Black Sand Beach (look at the color of that water)
  • these sprays were being set off every 30-45 seconds based on timing of the waves -- like a good country girl, I put myself squarely in the middle between two big boulders and waited them out. Ride of a lifetime; I squealed like a little girl! Every time.
  • Zipline tours near Haleakala. My final zipline descent... I think I was trying to fulfill my lifelong secret ambition of being a trapeze artist (my 10 seconds of glory ended quickly!)
  • Haleakala - aka "Top of the World"
  • Overlook above the clouds in Haleakala National Park
  • Haleakala Craters
  • More views from "Top of the World" at Haleakala National Park
  • on the way to Lanai (my Zodiac boat Birthday!)
  • Zodiac Boat to Lanai - Birthday Snorkeling with Kevin
  • Birthday Guests
  • Colorful Birthday Guests
  • Lanai Islet Seabird Sanctuary
  • more birthday guests (it was a big party)
  • Birthday Maître d'
  • such a cutie -- he rode every single wave like a pro
  • back home from Lanai to Lahaina Harbor
  • Kaanapali -- secret cove north of the Ritz Carlton
  • this was a *real* secret cove... amazing little place where the locals hung out
  • Nakalele Blowhole
  • Orangetheory Peeps made sure my birthday didn't go uncelebrated after I returned home
  • my Orangetheory fam-bam - Louie, Tara, Yolanda, Maryanne, and Vanessa
  • Love these people...
  • beautiful day in Sausalito...
  • and I raised a bumper crop of cherry tomatoes on the balcony this summer
  • Dan and Stephen give the best flowers...
  • first workout with Shea in... two years. Love this woman.
  • at Axis with Claudia and Vicky
  • Rory spent a few months this summer in the Bay Area. Was great to spend some extra time with him.
  • San Jose Museum of Art
  • San Jose Museum of Art
  • San Jose Museum of Art
  • Fabulous women in my Chief core group... at Buck's of Woodside
  • Chief Core Group
  • San Jose Museum of Art
  • July 4 Hike - reminded about building my foundation on firm ground
  • Mori Point hike on July 4th with Rory and John
  • what a fun day... vintage car parade in Pacifica, lunch, hike around More Point, coffee at a Caboose... my cup runneth over.
  • Is the pie sweeter when the peaches are picked from a friend's tree? (I think so.)
  • Casini Ranch - Russian River (view from Bella's front porch)
  • Guerneville sidewalk stroll

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