Adventures

Hello all.  I hope you are all doing well and enjoying the official season of spring!  It's been a couple of weeks since my last update.  Sorry about that. It's probably nice to have a break (for those of you who receive updates via email : ). Life has been good around here.  Mom and Dad were able to come for a weekend in the Bay the first weekend of March, which was a ton of fun!  They arrived on Friday around lunchtime and the Super-Fast Tour de the Bay commenced!  We:  had lunch at my favorite and very yummy pizza place in San Jose; drove through the Santa Cruz mountains to Big Basin Redwoods State Park so they could catch a very quick glimpse of the big, beautiful, ancient 1,600 year-old redwoods; drove on to Santa Cruz on the coast and watched many catch some waves and surf while watching the spray of the waves on the cliffs; drove up the 1, stopped at a homemade jam place and tasted some jam (very fun little joint); drove on to Half Moon Bay fo...

Heather wanted to go to the coast today.  Heather was gone for a few weeks since her contract at Stanford allowed her some time to go home and attend some weddings.  So, today, while it was raining, we headed to the coast again.  We tried last week, but it was very rainy and cold.  We thought by the time we arrived at the coast this attempt, hopefully the sun would be shining and we could enjoy a hike along the cliffside. When we crested the mountains headed west, the fog slowly began to give way to breaking clouds and some sunshine. But, light rain, even in the sunshine, forced us to kill some time before we could try the hike. We drove about five miles up Highway 1 hoping we would find something to entertain in the meantime.  We found this nice little cafe on "the 1," with an espresso bar and wine tasting.  So, while we waited for the rain to surrender to sunshine, Heather tasted some wines (I partook a couple of sips) and I enjoyed an iced mocha while ...