
Sometimes that is the only way to get from here to there. This last weekend, we packed up our car and headed west to California. It was fall break for the kids so we decided (kind of on the spur of the moment) to go and visit the Tripletts in El Dorado Hills and Dan and Abby in San Jose. We left Wednesday afternoon after I checked the kids out of school. Now any opportunity for them to play with their cousins is good enough but to check them out of school? A bonus. At the request of Rachel and Emma, I checked Caleb out first and then check them out at 11:15. Why you ask? After second period, they have something called flex time. It's when students who are struggling with classes get extra help and students who are doing well are rewarded by extra curricular activities. So the girls wanted to be checked out while they were watching a movie, "so everyone can shout good bye to us on the way out." They're crying out for attention aren't they?
We didn't leave Salt Lake until 2:30 because the tires on my car were in really bad shape and Brad wanted to have them replaced before we drove. When we finally started on the road, Caleb and the girls were more than a little anxious. To top that delay off with another, we ran out of gas three miles outside of Wendover. Brad thought that we could make it with the gas that we had in the tank. Well, he was ALMOST right. While we waited for roadside assistance, there was a little bit of goofing around on the Salt Flats.










The boys were really fascinated with the stand alone public toilet. Too bad it was out of order.

How can one go to San Franscisco without seeing the Golden Gate Bridge? You can't. Neither could we.




We drove around Golden Gate Park and stopped for a minute at the American Legion Art Museum. No one else was interested in going in, Emma wouldn't even leave the car. It was a beautiful building though.





We drove along for a while and found a beach that we could walk around for awhile. We stopped at a place called Fort Funston. Apparently, it means "everyone bring five or six dogs each with you to the beach" in another language. I think we were the only humans there without a canine companion. Still, with the sun peeking through the fog and the sea shell hunting, we had a good time.







Emma: Do you want to know a secret?
Lu: Yes.
Rach: Are you positive?
Lu: Yes.
Em: Are you sure?
Lu: Yes!
Rach: Are you sure you're positive?
Em: Are you positively sure?
Rach: Are you surely positive?
Lu (with both of her hands held up): Enough with the funny stuff!!
Lu (with both of her hands held up): Enough with the funny stuff!!






On Sunday morning, we said goodbye to and headed for home. But before we headed across the Nevada, desert, we took a detour to gold rush country.

1 comment:
Sounds like so much fun. I love SF and the fog. Glad you made it home with no complications!
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