13 August 2008

San Francisco Bay Area

We now live in the San Francisco Bay Area. We will be moving away in a few months, so it makes sense to treat this remaining time as "slow travel," even though we've been here for a long time.

There are a lot of interesting things to do here - nearby mountains, beaches, and parks. The drives can be an activity of themselves, with beautiful scenery all around.

The larger cities in the area are San Jose and San Francisco. Both have museums, theatre, and music.

The Rest of the Road Trip

My folks continued on The Road Trip Around The Country. They continued to take pictures, and so I swiped a few to show here.

They continued from Tennessee to Massachusetts, up-state New York, Niagara Falls, Great Lakes, Michigan, Montana, Washington, and back South to California.

They got a fabulous shot of the Great Smoky Mountains:



Niagara Falls from the Canadian side:







Hiked a bit in the still-snowy Rockies:







They included a visit to Grandma and Grandpa Cyr's grave:



Aunt Mabel views Kalispell, Montana



On to Glacier National Park:





Stopped in Montana - sky, mountain lakes, and family:







They came home to a bounty of grapes (not the wrathful kind, either)!

Lotsa Quilts

Mom and Dad continued on their quest to re-supply the country with quilts :)
These are all made by my cousin Goldie.

This was for Aunt Prilla, in Massachusetts:



For cousin Vickie and Dave, in Montana:



For Aunt Pat in Sacramento, California:





For Aunt Cly in Sacramento: