california

i was going to add some photos right from the get go, but am having trouble getting my dot's photo dvd to load on my computer. they will soon be on my facebook profile, though, so check back there for my favorite california photos.

there was 'weather' on the day before and the day of our trip out so a lot of flights had been cancelled. my dot and i spent an hour at the counter while a lady tried to find us something out of dallas. we told her it didn't even matter if we flew together if she could just get us out. so she finally found us two different routes out. my dot was to fly to santa ana, then to san jose. i was to fly to san francisco, then to santa ana (just missing my dot as he would get boarding as i was arriving), and then a flight to san jose arriving a little over an hour after my dot. we took them!

but once i got safely to san francisco, i politely declined the tickets for the rest of my flights and took bart to caltrain to a shuttle to the airport and then walked over to where i was meeting my aunt and her pilot (ok, that sounds really snobbish. but my uncle is getting his pilot's license and his instructor flew my aunt up to get us). then we waited about 2 hours for my dot, then we boarded the little plane and took off for paso robles, then drove over to the ranch. i felt like a scene right out of planes, trains and automobiles. and i was exhausted!

during our trip, i had a bridal shower for my cousin, showed my dot where i grew up, went to college and church, enjoyed farmer's market san luis style, went to several BBQs, climbed the rocks at the beach looking for sea critters, spent an afternoon at morro bay and then watched the sun set while surfers took their last rides on the waves, read 3 books, and bought sourdough bread and salt water taffy to bring home.

we also brought the kids rain sticks which resulted in my brother's claim that they would be the perfect toy to leave at my house! hmpfh - old fogey!

it was a wonderful trip, full of family and food and i'm looking forward to getting back there in september for my cousin's wedding.