A fun day visiting friends in Carmel Valley. We ate at our favorite restaurant, The Corkscrew and then checked out a local pumpkin patch. A quick stop at the beach and a cocktail at the most beautiful patio at the Inn of the Spanish Bay.
Wednesday, November 4th, 2015
Monday, September 28th, 2015
Page and Sienna went camping on Black Mountain.
Page was the official photographer.
On the way to the campsite we saw two big rattlesnakes. They were “kissing”, right on the path. We wanted to go around them through the grass, but then one of the snakes slithered off exactly where we wanted to go. So we had to go around them through the grass down the hill.
Can you see the gopher in Page’s pictures? She would pop her head up from her hole at the side of the bear box, look around, see Page’s camera, and then exit down her hole.
Sunday, September 13th, 2015
Sunday, September 13th, 2015
Monday, August 24th, 2015
For Page’s 5th Birthday she wanted to do a pool party with her friends and then a pizza party. We all met at Redwood Estates pool and swam up a storm then we came back to our house for pizza and cake. In the morning we opened her pressies. Sienna bought her a dinosaur “Raaaawwr!” Lots of legos, Barbies and her first American Doll, Grace. She was so excited. Fun day, such good kids.
Sunday, August 23rd, 2015
Tuesday, August 4th, 2015
Saturday, August 1st, 2015
A couple last stops before we get on the plane to go home. We toured Patan Durbar Square that very badly damaged by the earthquake. The damage is so extensive everywhere. It will take a miracle to rebuild everything that has been lost.
Last but not least we went to the Rum Doodle Bar – its where those who have climbed Everest come for a free meal to celebrate their climb. Sadly, it was closed because of the earthquake and is forced to vacate the building with its future location unknown. It was made famous when Sir Edmund Hilary when he went there in 1953 after his summit and he signed the wall. The walls are covered by signatures of those who have summited any of Nepal’s famous peaks. There were a few guys there and they let us sit at the bar and have a drink. They told us their stories of Everest. Hopefully they can reopen again.
And we are off to the airport and will hope to be home in 24 hours. So long Nepal!