Kala & I broke out to NorCal to visit great and old friends and family. Yep, this is plane travel and seeing plenty of folks in new unknown spots. The plane ride to SFO was fine but that UA cancelled our flight on the day of and I had to rebook later in the day ~ that resulted in our moving from Eco+ to the back bathroom. We first went to Mtn View to stay with Ed & Laurie and visit with Bill Goodman. We hiked the Bay Wetlands and saw many cool varied ducks and tasted great red snapper and poppy seed dessert @ E&L's keen bungalow. We did an "architecture hike" around MV to observe the huge Google investment in the area, a dichotomy of housing approaches in increasing density, and otherwise fill the lungs with NorCal air and smells. A blast of a visit.
Off to Napa we rode, to visit our good friends Mike & Betsy and our good friend, their kid, Lisa and her kids. Betsy had some recent setbacks and we saw her in a nursing facility helping her convalesce from cellulitis in her right foot. She was pretty well and Mike and young Lisa & kids were good but concerned for Betsy/Mom/Grandma. Lisa is a 5th grade teacher in a Napa grade school that Mazi attends. Her 11 mo old Obi is a beast and tended daily in daycare while Lisa is @ work. The boys are keen and Lisa is coping well and gorgeous as always. Be well Kerr-Jordans.
The last leg of the NorCal swing was to see my cousins Ken & Steph Pardee (and their friends and peeps) in Berkeley. We did that. We enjoyed "evening around the fire with Ken" at his house Wed night with too many beers (stoked by Ken's friends Amy & Andy of FICO - no pic @ night and a pre-load at the good Fieldwork brewery), then caught up with Steph for Mex lunch on Thu after a climb up the steep hill in Berkeley. We chilled on Thu evening with some of Ken's golfing buddies, Frank and Jerry, from Berkeley CC (Mira Vista).
Fri we headed to meet Wendy Kesser, Ken's girlfriend, in the city for Fri lunch. She has a gorgeous home high above SF in the Sea Cliff area. Nice home, great lady and a good time regaling with her. We look forward to some more of that.
We've had a great update on all the Pardees and derivatives even including a
zoom with Uncle Steve, now 92, back in NJ. And we learned of Ruth's baby Mills, making Uncle Steve a great grandad! All awesome after a couple of
years sitting out. Another shot with Ken & I on his brand new Tesla before we headed back to CO.
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