Sorry about the lack of posts this month but we really have been busy, relatively speaking. Our flight home from Narita was excellent. Great service on Japan Airlines business class and the journey was quite civilized. Once over the inevitable jet lag we got back into the swing of things in San Diego and it was good to be home. I got some sailing time in with Van at the Coronado Cays Yacht Club and we discovered some more microbreweries in downtown San Diego. We now have four in easy walking distance!
The Admiral had her first check up with her oncologist and mammograms were clear and lab work looked good. I ran all over Shelter Island looking for boat parts and I think I have everything nailed down by now. Mother's Day came and went and time passed very quickly. We went to Palm Springs on May 18 and spent some time with our friends Len and Kathy visiting some new and old haunts. We did the usual doctor and accountant visits and lunch with Tom and Kathy. On the 21st. we went north and spent the night in Solvang and had dinner at the Hitching Post in nearby Buelton, made famous by the movie Sideways. We got to San Francisco on the following day to celebrate our son James' graduation from the MBA program at the Haas Business School at Berkeley. Julie and Josette flew in for the occasion which was held the following day at the Greek Theater. A very proud moment for the both of us.
We went to the Farmer's Market early on the following morning and then on for a picnic on the beach but unfortunately the weather was quite foggy and cold on the west side of San Francisco. We took a long walk and visited a very chintzy tea shop for afternoon tea. Dinner was memorable at Chez Panisse in Oakland. Very excellent food and service and I think we will be back sometime.
On Sunday, the girls left for San Diego and Portland and we and James and Katie went east to the Yosemite National Park, where we spent the next few days hiking and looking at the amazing, scenic splendor that is Yosemite.
We are now on our way up to Portland to visit with Josette for a few days.
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| Mother's Day visit to the lavender farm in Escondido |
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| graduation at the Greek Theater at Berkeley |
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| The new graduate and girlfriend, Katie |
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| Farmer's Market, San Francisco |
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| Golden Gate Bridge on a foggy morning |
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| Half Dome Rock from Glacier Point, Yosemite |
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| El Capitan |
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| Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite |
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| Hiking up Vernal Falls |
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| At the top of Nevada Falls |
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| Nevada Falls |
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| Swinging Bridge |
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| View from our house in Yosemite |
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| Mirror Lake with Yosemite Falls in the background |
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| Valley View |
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| Mirror lake hike |
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| The Hitching Post restaurant from the movie Sideways |
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| Josette and the Admiral |
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| Having tea in San Francisco |
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