We drove from Reno to Sacramento and had dinner with Kirsten’s grandfather and now our friend, Carl Rynerson. Finally we have some nice weather again.
We left the next day and headed to Napa Valley Elks Lodge. It is a good thing we left fairly early and didn’t have far to drive. The lodge only has about 14 sites and they are in high demand. We pulled into the last site available and I noticed two or three rigs out in the parking lot after we got set up. This is a really nice RV park with full hook-ups and behind a locked gate. We had to push a key code to get in.
We spent a couple of days relaxing and enjoying the little town of Napa. This was our view from the deck of the restaurant where we had lunch. There are ducks in the foreground and under the bridge is a boat. Along the river is a paved walkway and there were many people just walking along enjoying the nice weather and view.
That evening we came back to town for their Thursday night street fair. Lots of good food, vendors selling things, chefs demonstrating their recipes on a stage and even music. We sat and watched these “chefs” play for the crowd.
In order to get to San Francisco—without driving the car in SF, we drove to Vallejo (about 20 miles) and parked in a free parking lot across the street from the Ferry. Because we are seniors, we could ride the ferry for $6.00 each.
Our ferry, above, took us right to the embarcadero where Renee’ picked us up. She said this was great because the big farmers market was right across the street and she went there before we landed.
It was a little foggy as we arrived in San Francisco, but there were clear blue skies above. The Golden Gate Bridge above as seen through the window of the ferry, and arriving in San Francisco at about 11:00 am. Great way to visit!
Renee’ and Peter had plans for Saturday night, so we were able to have the kids to ourselves for a few hours. We ended up playing “Mexican Train” and completely lost track of time. When they came home at midnight we were still playing and having a great time. Then we all had to go to bed!
Sunday the kids had a piano recital. So we all hopped in the car and headed to the recital. Even Peter’s Mom, Deena came to see the kids perform.
Katherine, Lauren and Bray performing on the piano.
Then back to the house where we had to work on a project for the next day at school for the kids. It was Decade day on Monday and each one of the kids had picked a decade to dress up in the clothes that were worn during that time. Bray’s class was able to dress up as super heros and he did his own thing. All we did was decorate a hat with the emblem of his super hero. I didn’t know who that was—guess I’m a little out of touch. Katherine was a 70’s girl complete with peace symbols, and Lauren was my generation of the 50’s with poodle skirt and ponytail. She is 12 years old and we spent the day making her skirt. I helped make a pattern and she did all the sewing.
Our little models, the 70’s girl with her mini skirt and peace symbols and our 50’s girl with her poodle skirt! Awesome.
We headed back to Napa that morning after the kids went to school. Renee dropped us off at the Ferry Terminal on her way to work. Had a nice ferry ride back and arrived at our car, which wouldn’t start. So had to call AAA to get a jump. We must have left something on in the car, because the battery is still good. We arrived back at the coach and spent one more night there and then headed on to Redding, CA to their Elks Lodge.
We spent a couple of nights there and then on to Medford for granddaughter Marissa’s 16th birthday and grandson Hunter’s HS graduation.
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