Birthday dinner tonight at The Pear & The Peasant in Danville, CA: roasted artichokes with lemon aioli; Deconstructed Beef Wellington; Braised Beef Shortrib; and a Warm Pear Tart with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce. #foodie

Nice walk along the coastal trail south of Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, California, today #travel

Last night at the Festival of Lights at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens. Nice event, and the gardens are incredible in the daytime #travel

Dodging the rising tide and exploring tide pools in MacKerricher State Park, Fort Bragg, CA #travel

Thanksgiving sunset at Van Damme State Beach in Little River, California #travel

Sunset last night in Little River, California, just south of Mendocino #travel

Hey folks, my friend Ethan Bryan is running a 30 Days of Catch challenge this month ("Throwvember") to help men connect and fight depression/anxiety. He will be playing catch and raising money to support the Community Partnership of the Ozarks Learn more or donate at ethanbryan.com/throwvember-...

Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through

In Las Vegas this weekend for a wedding. First time in more than 15 years! #travel

We spent our last day in Yellowstone National Park lmk looking for wildlife in the Hayden and Lamar valleys. Great, long, close look at a grizzly, juvenile red-tailed hawk (we think), bison, a pronghorn herd, plus a black wolf! #travel

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and its two falls looking nice today from several viewpoints along the north and south rims. #travel

Morning after a light rain in the Hayden Valley at Yellowstone National Park. Saw a bald eagle and two grizzlies as well! #travel

More geysers and pools in the Old Faithful Basin yesterday afternoon at Yellowstone National Park #travel

We saw Old Faithful do its thing today. More impressive than expected! #travel

Fountain Paint Pot Trail and Black Sand Basin this morning at Yellowstone National Park. #travel

First stop in Yellowstone National Park today: Grand Prismatic Spring, above and up close. #travel

We did a private wildlife photography tour today focused on the Lamar Valley in @YellowstoneNPS. Hundreds of bison, dozens of elk, a pack of 8 wolves, a grizzly, a black bear, three mountain goats, several pronghorn, several mule deer, a couple of trumpeter swans, and a coyote #travel

A solo bison walking on a sandbar today along Lake Yellowstone in @YellowstoneNPS #travel

Fantastic horseback ride from Jackson Lake Lodge in @GrandTetonNPS this morning, highlighted by a panoramic vista of Oxbow Bend and the Snake River in glittering fall colors. #travel

Why did the bison cross the road, and then cross back again? Morning in Grand Teton National Park. #travel

We made it up early enough to enjoy sunrise on our anniversary at Grand Teton National Park. Gorgeous! #travel

Dinner tonight at Gather in Jackson, Wyoming: an incredible butternut squash soup, buttermilk fried chicken over 3-cheese mac-and-cheese with a hot sauce and pickled onions/peppers, and an excellent bison brisket with elk chorizo hash and a fried duck egg. #foodie #travel

Two moose sightings along Gros Ventre Road in Grand Teton National Park today: first a bull moose across a shallow river, then a family of three lounging in the shade. #travel

Enjoying another beautiful morning with the Tetons! #travel

Wyoming Cowboy Pops (braised beef short rib), plus excellent trout and salmon dishes tonight at The Whistling Grizzly in Jackson, Wyoming. #travel #foodie

Fall colors along the Snake River and its many tributaries today in Grand Teton National Park. #travel

Bears in a tree! Moose chilling in a stream! Elk grazing near a mountain lily pond! Today in Grand Teton National Park. #travel

Jackson Point Overlook, with a view over Jackson Lake toward the Teton Range #travel

Morning at Jenny Lake, Grand Teton National Park. (The boat wasn’t running but we’ll be back) #travel

Dinner at The Blue Lion in Jackson, WY: French onion soup with veal broth and Swiss; stuffed mushrooms with crab, cream cheese, and courvoisier stuffing; elk bolognese; and beef tenderloin. Key Lime pie topped it off! #travel #foodie

Blacktail Ponds Overlook, overlooking tributaries to the Snake River, with Grand Teton in the distance and rutting elk in the shadows. #travel

Welcome to Jackson Hole! #travel

Off to Jackson Hole for a 11-day trip in the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone for our 33rd anniversary! Follow along for a good look at these national treasures — our first time! #travel

Good morning! My reward for a steep hill on my morning walk

I will be planning my 2026 big ballpark road trip using an AI Agent. As always, I’ll be shooting for roughly 21 ballparks in 21 days, which is a real planning challenge. Here’s what I’ve learned about testing an AI Agent to design a big regional ballpark road trip: 🧵

🎇NEW! The grand finale of our baseball odyssey through the Western Midwest at the College World Series! Our 20th stop is a first-round CWS matchup between the University of Arkansas Razorbacks and the eventual champs, the LSU Tigers! ➡️ youtu.be/k80jVODIGsI #WMWRoadTrip #20ballparks21days

We bought a second birdbath, and the juvenile owlets we’ve been seeing for the past few months were using them as we’d hoped this morning. What a treat! #birds #birdwatching

NEW! Episode 19 of the Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip! On Friday the 13th, we visit Community Field in Burlington, IA, after some rain. Our game with the Burlington Bees of the Prospect League is sadly washed away. 🌧️ youtu.be/s6l5PNxTmhg #WMWRoadTrip #20ballparks21days

I made another attempt at training AI to create a big ballpark road trip (e.g., 20 ballparks in 21 days), this time using ChatGPT's Agent feature ($20 Plus plan) It worked! I got multiple, valid options! I'll write up my process and prompts and share in a thread here next week

NEW! Episode 18 of the Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip! We head to beautiful Modern Woodmen Park to see the Quad Cities River Bandits (Royals affiliate) host the Beloit Sky Carp (Marlins) and ride the ferris wheel! ⚾️🧢 youtu.be/-6QXleBjwZg #WMWRoadTrip #20ballparks21days

NEW Episode 17 of the Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip! Dad and I continue to NelsonCorp Field (built in 1937!) in Clinton, IA, where we see a Prospect League clash between the Clinton LumberKings and the Danville Dans! ➡️ youtu.be/zNjj-997f7U #WMWRoadTrip #20ballparks21days

I got more specific with the AI yesterday to test its ability to plan a 21-day ballpark road trip I asked for 5 options based on a 2-month date range and a set of 28 teams. It said it would take hours to produce one. This morning, 18 hours later, it says it's still working on it. I feel vindicated!

Made my first attempt at designing a ballpark road trip using AI as practice for next year. Thought I'd written a pretty clear, detailed prompt. It gave me teams who were not playing at home, or at all, and got the driving times very wrong. Need to be much more explicit for V2.

NEW! Episode 16 of the Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip with the MiLB @crkernels.bsky.social‬! ➡️ youtu.be/CHU7oE2qBD4 We have a HUGE night at Veterans Memorial Stadium seeing the Kernels face the Peoria chiefs! First pitch! Interviews! Walkoff win! #WMWRoadTrip #20Ballparks21days

NEW! Episode 15 of the Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip! Dad and I head to Riverfront Stadium (built in 1946) in Waterloo, IA, for a doubleheader between the Waterloo Bucks of the Northwoods League and the Rochester Honkers! ➡️⚾️ youtu.be/_pEw8hiKNy8 #WMWRoadTrip #20ballparks21days

NEW! Episode 14 of the Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip with the Lincoln Saltdogs! Dad and I visit Haymarket Park in Lincoln, NE, to see an American Association clash between the Saltdogs and the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks! ➡️⚾️ youtu.be/20k-k_e13kc #WMWRoadTrip #20ballparks21days

Pulled up the blinds this morning to find the juvenile Great Horned Owls we’ve been watching for the past couple of months hanging out in our birdbath!

NEW! Episode 13 of the Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip! It's Runza Night with the @omahastormchasers.bsky.social, the Triple-A affiliate of the Royals! I get a tour of Werner Park and catch a home run ball! ➡️ youtu.be/S5f3sCM3H6M #WMWRoadTrip #20ballparks21days

🎆 NEW TODAY! Episode 12 of the Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip! We travel to Sioux Falls Stadium in South Dakota for another American Association matchup between the hometown Sioux Falls Canaries and the @kccougars.bsky.social ➡️ youtu.be/7zwly1Oe4Y4 #WMWRoadTrip #20ballparks21days

NEW! Episode 11 of the Western Midwest Baseball Road Trip! Dad and I head to ISG Field (built in 1961) in Mankato, MN, for a Northwoods League game with the Mankato MoonDogs, who face off against the St. Cloud Rox! ➡️ youtu.be/IrfASAJZN4Q #WMWRoadTrip #20ballparks21days