Just another day in paradise!

While Russell and Harry went fishing for dinner, Pam and I had a lovely at home day-giving the puppies their baths , I drew a little, we took a walk down to the lightouse to see the Osprey nest-a relaxing day to say the least. Russell and Harry were gone all day- they caught 3 big fish-two groupers and a Yellow Tail ...we'll have a yummy dinner tonight with some of the fish and the rest went into the freezer.

After dinner we watched American Idol because Pam and Harry are HOOKED on it!

Here's one pic from the day, plus others on flickr. These are shrimp boats anchored for the day not too far from Pam's Casa Abuela that she rents out.

Viva Mexico!!!

After our uneventul trip down here we are happily esconced (sp?) at Pam and Harry's wonderful home! What a treat to be here.....and we even got a ride from the airport from one of their neighbors who just happened to be picking up a friend who was on our flight! How lucky is that? Here is one photo taken on the road to Punta Chivato and there are more on my flickr....ole!

Daylight savings may be coming early...but-

Winter is still here for crying out loud! Yep-the powers that be have decided that we need to be deprived of one hour of sleep this coming March 11th and we won't get it back til November 4th.....

And it's still snowing @#!%^#!!!!

No internet connection.....for days!!!!

Today we arrived back home after being gone for several weeks-nice to be home. We had a great time with all our driving from one town to another-visiting friends and family....after we left Santa Barbara we went to Judy and Daves wonderful home and had a short but good visit.
This photo was shot near Santa Maria's wine country.....



Judy and Dave in their morning routine of hot chocolate/coffee and the paper!
We are close to Brookings-where we stopped for the night.....

The next morning we drove to Bandon then went on Hwy 42 to Roseburg......

There was lots of snow........

We had to forgo driving up to Medford on Sunday because Mother Nature decided to dump a whole lot of snow in the Siskyous.....so we drove up 101 to Brookings and then today took Hwy 42 from Bandon to Roseburg where snow abounded even at sea level....our trusty car never slipped nor slid .......here are a few pics from our last days drive......cheers!

Santa Barbara

( hotel mirror shot of the four of us )

We blasted off from Long Beach yesterday at 915am- had to wait for all the @#!%% traffic to die down-although judging from what Russell had to drive through, I am not sure traffic EVER goes away in LA....how do folks do it?
After we got through the traffic and up on Hwy 101 the traffic improved considerably and Russell made short work of the rest of the drive to Bob and Judy's lovely home in Montecito.

Bob and Judy took us to a great little restaurant for lunch on the end of a pier in Santa Barbara- Santa Barbara Shellfish Company- what a find! Russell had steamed mussells, Bob and I had lobster tacos (yummy) and Judy had scrumptious crab cakes. The restaurant is small and just has counter and stools for seating-but that didn't deter anyone.....check it out if you are ever in Santa Barbara!



We had a tour by car of the city and eventually arrived back at their home to enjoy a pleasant evening with the cats Jack and Sam and the two golden retrievers Molly and Bella.



The next morning we headed up to Judy and Dave's home in Los Altos....

A day with Grace

We spent the day in Long Beach with Grace-she took us along the beach promenade to look at all the bike sculptures ( installed for the AMGEN bike race) and to the
Long Beach Art Museum. We always go to this museum as it always has great exhibits.
Check it out.....

http://www.lbma.org/

After lunch at the museums restaurant we went to her apartment-put together a coffee table and ended up in the Belmont area of Long Beach at Taco Surf for dinner-here are a few pics of our very nice day. Of course, there are more on flickr....

Now we're in Long Beach!

Yesterday we got up at 5am-out the door at 540am and arrived in Long Beach at noon....whew....Russell kept the pedal to the metal and drove non-stop except for one gas stop. We had dinner with Grace and she surprised us with her little addition to the family!!!! Here's a cute shot............and there's more on flickr....