Tim's Photo Collection

CES 2006

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:43:50 -0800

I went on a business trip to Las Vegas to check out the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show.

Mt. Umunhum

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:22:21 -0800

On December 27, 2007, my brothers and I went driving up to the Bay Area's local Mt. Umunhum. It is an abandoned Air Force site with many local legends surrounding the site. It is the location of a large cube building that can be seen from the valley floor, and its closed-off nature only adds to the mystery. We could not get all the way to the tip due to time and legal constraints.

Batch 2

Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:17:24 -0700

On May 29, after a lunch in Kaiserslautern, we spent the rest of the day in Heidelburg touring the local castle and walking around the town. The next day, we visited the old medieval town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, exploring the old city and visiting the local medieval musem.

Angel Island Biking

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:18:55 -0700

Biked on the 5.5 mile loop trail around Angel Island with the church's 20s group on September 25, 2011.

Geocaching with the Holzers in Half Moon Bay

Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:49:14 -0700

September 24, 2011.

Cloud's Rest

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 20:59:11 -0700

On I spent the nights of August 25-27 camping in Yosmite. We did the 14 mile out-and-back hike to Cloud's Rest. From the summit, you are looking down on Half Dome and have great views of Yosemite Valley, and the High Sierras.

2011 Impact Summer Retreat

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:01:26 -0700

I spent the weekend of July 22-24 on a retreat with the college group from my church. We stayed in a condo in Mammoth Lakes and visited Hetch Hetchy, Devils Postpile NM, Mammoth Mountain, and Yosemite.

Katrina Relief Mission Trip

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:53:12 -0700

I spent August 12 through 19 in Louisiana as part of a group of 14 from my church doing Hurricane Katrina relief work for the charity Operation Blessing in and around New Orleans. We spent Monday through Friday gutting houses that had been flooded. The work was hard, and conditions were bad (90� weather and 80% humidity), but everyone had a rewarding experience. There is still a lot of work to be done in the area, and many team members plan on returning again in the future.

Mexico 2011

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:00:58 -0700

Highlights from my weeklong trip to Ensenada with people from my church. We put on a VBS program for local kids and did some roof repair work.

Road Trip with the Ebels

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:20:28 -0700

On June 2, 2011, my friends Joel and Rebecca moved to North Carolina. They decided to drive and invited me along part of the way. We stopped at Las Vegas, the Hoover Dam, the Grand Canyon, Petrified Forest National Park, and Petroglyph National Monument. I flew home from Albuquerque while they continued on to the east coast. It was a fun trip, and I was able to see a couple parks I hadn't visited before.

Random Funny Pictures

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:08:41 -0700

Jerusalem

Tue, 10 May 2011 17:36:43 -0700

The last week of the trip was spent in Jerusalem, except for a short trip to Bethlehem and an unplanned trip to Latrun to visit the Armored Corps museum.

Judean Desert

Tue, 10 May 2011 17:36:08 -0700

After visiting sites in the Galilee region, we headed south into the Judean Desert. We visited sites along the way, and then spent the night at a hotel on the Dead Sea. On the way to Jerusalem, we stopped at a couple more sites in the desert.

Galilee

Tue, 10 May 2011 17:35:38 -0700

We stayed three nights at a hotel on the Sea of Galilee. We visited sites related to Jesus' ministry on the shores of the Sea of Galilee, and also visited a couple sites further north.

Mount Tamalpais

Mon, 09 May 2011 15:04:27 -0700

On Saturday, February 6, 2011, I visited Mount Tamalpais State Park with my brother. We drove to the 3 peaks and looked for a couple geocaches. The second geocache required a 3-mile out-and-back hike down into a canyon along a creek. The creek went over a number of cascades, creating many waterfalls. I also got to experience one of the best sunsets I've ever seen.

Lake Tahoe Winter Retreat

Mon, 09 May 2011 15:03:52 -0700

I spent the weekend of February 19�22, 2011 with my church�s college group in South Lake Tahoe. We walked around the lake proper, took a gondola up to the vista point at the Heavenly Ski Resort, and went sledding up at Echo Pass.

Mediterranean Sea and Jezreel Valley

Mon, 09 May 2011 15:02:08 -0700

Our first hotel was in the city of Netanya, and we used that hotel as a jump point to visit sites on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. We also traveled through the Jezreel valley on the way to the Sea of Galilee and stopped at a few sites there.

2008 Misc

Thu, 05 May 2011 19:07:19 -0700

This is a collection of pictures from some things I did in the first part of 2008 that didn't really warrant an album of their own. I went on the Big Basin waterfall loop hike a couple of times and took some pictures of the waterfalls along the trail. In April, I worked with Jerry on painting "scfbc.org" on the roof of our church so next time satellite imagery is updated, people will know what they're looking at and where to go. On April 14, I went to Half Moon Bay with my brother and found a cool beach.

Big Basin 2010

Tue, 03 May 2011 16:01:04 -0700

On April 5, 2010, I went with some of my friends to do our (now) annual 11-mile Big Basin waterfall loop hike. It had just rained the past week and into the day before, so there was more water there than any of us had seen before.

Matt's OSUT Graduation

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 18:25:55 -0700

I spent October 16-22 of 2007 in Georgia to watch Matt graduate from his Army basic training (OSUT) at Ft. Benning Georgia. He turned blue (received his blue infantry cord on the 18th and graduated from training on the 19th. We spent the following weekend with him in Georgia. We went to the Infantry Museum on post at Ft. Benning, went to see where Jimmy Carter grew up in Plains, GA, and did some random driving around before dropping him off for Airborne School at 1800 on the 21st. Unfortunately, he was sick and was unable to start Airborne school.

Cheney Road Trip June 2008

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:48:16 -0700

I spent June 10 through 13 of 2008 on a road trip to pick up my brother from college in Cheney, WA. The total trip was just over 2,000 miles long, and we took our time to stop along the way. On the way up, I stopped at the Clarno unit of the John Day Fossil Beds, and we took US Highway 295 through Oregon's far eastern high desert to do some geocaching. Once back in California, we visited Castle Crags State Park and Lassen National Park. Not bad for four days on the road.

There is also a Google map of the route I took available: http://tinyurl.com/4o3mzd

Israel Pilgrimage

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:48:55 -0700

I spent April 1-15, 2011 in Israel. I traveled with 6 other people from my church who in turn joined up with Calvary Chapel Petaluma and Coastline Fellowship in Astoria to tour Israel. In all, we visited over 50 sites in the country. Jane, our tour guide, has been guiding tours since 1971 and she was very knowledgeable about everything we saw. Every stop was accompanied by her giving us the history of the site. At most stops this history lesson was followed by worship and a teaching by one of the pastors of the churches organizing the trip. I've broken up my photos based on the four regions of Israel we visited. These also correspond to the four hotels we stayed at.

Yosemite

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:41:31 -0700

On December 29, 2006, I went on a short day trip to Yosemite with my brothers and dad. It was still early in winter, so there was only a dusting of snow at the park, but we still got some neat views. It was also pretty cold.

Big Basin Waterfall Hike

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:25:52 -0700

On June 10, 2006, my church's college group went on a hike at Big Basin State Park. The hike was about 10 miles long and took us near 3 waterfalls.

Pismo Beach Retreat

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:25:34 -0700

I spent the weekend of August 24-26, 2007 in Pismo Beach with my church's college group on a retreat. We stayed in a rented house right on the beach near the pier. We played games, hiked Bishop's Peak, and had an overall good time. Joel from my church was the speaker.

Matt Thanksgiving Visit

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:23:37 -0700