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Dad & Mum visit for his birthday
Sep. 30th, 2009 04:28 pmMy parents have left for San Diego. Our plans were totally over thrown when my brother got a contract that kept him away over the weekend until Tuesday. So instead of driving down to celebrate my Day's 82nd birthday with Ralph we just stayed here.
Thursday night I picked the folks up at Travis AFB as they came in space available. It was quite grueling for me between the drive and the wait in the base visitor's center. Plus there were no boxed lunches on the plane as they'd been told so they hadn't eatin about 8 hours. We ate at a Red Lobster in Fairfield which was a bit of a treat. I hadn't eaten in one in a couple of years.
Friday we went to the SJ Farmer's Market so I could pick up my custom BBQ sauce. We bought berries, straw & rasp. The raspberries in particular were amazing. We went out to dinner at Su Hong with Brigid and had a lovely time visiting.
Saturday headed over to the Spirit of Japantown festival. We checked out the booths and ate at Minato. It was really hot though and we decided we just couldn't stay long enough for the Taiko drumming.
Sunday we walked around to Backesto Park where we did not find a cache. I had found it in 2005 and that didn't help at all. Then we walked down to another cache near 18th St which we did find. Yay for that.
Monday was Dad's birthday and we mostly just hung out together. I couldn't think of anything amazing to do. *grin* And he really just wanted to hang out. I gave him a run for his money in the family Snood tournaments over the visit. I took them out to the Outback (his choice) for a birthday dinner. I mentioned ey was his 82nd birthday as we came in and they gave him a sundae which was his perfect dessert.
Tuesday I put them on a bus to San Diego. The space available plane to Travis may make fairly regular trips getting here Thursday (flying on to Hawaii) and head back to Texas on Tuesday. If we can figure out transit somehow I might get to see more of them in times to come. Yay!
Thursday night I picked the folks up at Travis AFB as they came in space available. It was quite grueling for me between the drive and the wait in the base visitor's center. Plus there were no boxed lunches on the plane as they'd been told so they hadn't eatin about 8 hours. We ate at a Red Lobster in Fairfield which was a bit of a treat. I hadn't eaten in one in a couple of years.
Friday we went to the SJ Farmer's Market so I could pick up my custom BBQ sauce. We bought berries, straw & rasp. The raspberries in particular were amazing. We went out to dinner at Su Hong with Brigid and had a lovely time visiting.
Saturday headed over to the Spirit of Japantown festival. We checked out the booths and ate at Minato. It was really hot though and we decided we just couldn't stay long enough for the Taiko drumming.
Sunday we walked around to Backesto Park where we did not find a cache. I had found it in 2005 and that didn't help at all. Then we walked down to another cache near 18th St which we did find. Yay for that.
Monday was Dad's birthday and we mostly just hung out together. I couldn't think of anything amazing to do. *grin* And he really just wanted to hang out. I gave him a run for his money in the family Snood tournaments over the visit. I took them out to the Outback (his choice) for a birthday dinner. I mentioned ey was his 82nd birthday as we came in and they gave him a sundae which was his perfect dessert.
Tuesday I put them on a bus to San Diego. The space available plane to Travis may make fairly regular trips getting here Thursday (flying on to Hawaii) and head back to Texas on Tuesday. If we can figure out transit somehow I might get to see more of them in times to come. Yay!
