A Small Something

Jonathan, David, and I went with their scout troop to Goblin Valley State Park over the weekend. Beautiful place. We got plenty of exercise. I’ll post some pictures later.

The kids and Rachel and I took a nice trip to California. Check out the photos. We stopped in Reno to visit Lillian, Emily, and William. Lillian went with us to see Monster House, which is pretty good. Sarah went with Lillian and Rachel to dinner while the boys and I checked into Circus Circus. We saw a fireworks display from our window that night.

The next day we went to Marine World. We had a pretty good time, but couldn’t enjoy it fully because it was SO hot. About 108° F when we left. As we drove about 40 minutes to Berkeley, it cooled down to 73° F. Lisa says that’s what they pay the big bucks for. We had a nice visit with Lisa, Scott, Stella, Chris, and Dean. Chris went with us Monday morning to San Francisco where we spent time at Pier 39, Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museum, and Ghirardelli Square.

Tuesday we left one bay to go to another. We had a lot of fun at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, then drove around Monterey Bay to our hotel which was right on the beach. The next day we went to the aquarium, of course, and played in the ocean. Thursday we drove across the state and through Yosemite. Friday we spent a little time in Virginia City. We woke up early Saturday morning to drive home.

Rachel and I got back Friday from a week-long trip to places west along I-80. On the top of our agenda–visiting some of Rachels friends in Reno, her dad in Clearlake, my sisters in Berkeley, their husbands, and especially Stella. I put a few pictures online although most of the pictures are of stuff we did, rather than people we visited, with the exception of the last two pictures in the album which are of Rachel with her dad.

We had a really nice trip. We visited with a lot of people, went to Marine World, Santa Cruz, and San Francisco including the Meuseum of Modern Art, the Sony Metreon, Peir 39, and Alcatraz. We didn’t try to do too much and we both felt really relaxed during the trip and when we got home.

Next trip–not sure, but if there is nothing sooner we’re at least thinking of meeting Lillian and Emily in Las Vegas in March.