Ah, thats a dike

When my manager asked me if I wanted to go and study some dykes, I wondered what relevance a gay pride march had on my professional responsibilities. As it turned out, he meant dikes in a geological sense and so I got to spend two days on the Pacific coast looking at rocks. It was a breath of fresh air to get out of the office and (although Kristy still makes fun of me) we did see some interesting rocks. For my old mentor Chuck, I will post some pictures showing some fine examples of sandstone injectites and dolotomized extrudites, or for the rest of you, some cliffs.
I have often wondered why we bought a four wheel drive SUV in Texas, where the terrain is as flat as my homeland of Norfolk. However, the field trip gave me a good opportunity to test it on the hills of California. After convincing Kristy to let me take ‘her’ car in case I needed to rush back, I thought the baby was going to arrive early when she saw the state I brought it back in.

Dumber than a bunch of rocks?

Pacific Coast

Rainbow on the beach

Spot the dike

Baby news: As you can see from the picture, Kristy has been practicing with Gracie the dog. She is little bigger and hairier than the real thing (we hope) but not a bad substitute. Taking a leaf out our friends book (see linked blog) who put their cat in a car seat, Gracie also volunteered to test out our BabyBjorn. Yesterday marks one week to due date so we are enjoying our sleep ….. and adding blog entries while we have time.

Baby Gracie

Doggy Bjorn