We went to Alcatraz Island on May 18th. We had a good time, even though San Francisco was freezing! I had on about 6 layers, including a winter scarf. Amazing how the humidity can make it so cold. But we went with some great senior couples who are really fun to be with. We are all about the same age (well, ranging from 80 to 60) and the guys like to kid each other a lot, which makes for some pretty fun times. We ate fish and chips on Pier 39 after, and made it back to San Jose before the bad traffic hit. Here we are before our ship sailed, and the rest are of the prison.
This last one is the view of San Francisco from the island. It's breathtaking on a cloudy day; can't imagine how beautiful it would be on a sunny day.
We had a busy few days then got to see Paul and Lin in Hayward. They had an open house where they invited a lot of people over for a Korean Barbeque. Lin is a wonderful cook, and we had great food. You can see the new wood floor they had installed. They practically gutted the home they bought; took out a wall and the carpet; had the fireplace re-surfaced, painted it all, inside and out, and replaced all the bathroom showers, cabinets, toilets, floors. The only thing they couldn't afford to do right now is the kitchen, but are planning on doing that later. It's a 3 bedroom, 2 bath place, about 30 years old, and cost them 450,000. No basement, and a very small yard. But that's the Bay area for you! This is Paul with a cousin on Lin's and a view of the inside from the patio door.
Then yesterday was the MSA Memorial Day barbeque. It was great! Dad and I helped fix the food, and got to talk to lots of people we had never met before. They think about 150 people came, which is about a third more than last year. It was a great success. My phone didn't sync the pictures from that, so I am going to go out and go back in and see if I can post some of them.
It was cold, so not a lot of swimmers. That's Dad on the left in his apron!
The middle one is of Eric, one of our sweet MSA brothers, with a bunch of Spanish speaking ladies. He was having a great time!
Well, time to get to work. Hope all of you had a good Memorial Day weekend, and that you are enjoying life! Love you all so much.
Looks crazy cold that day at Alcatraz! Good to see Uncle Paul. It looks really pretty wherever the BBQ was. Not much new here. Bill and Roma should be here sometime today and they are staying a couple of weeks. Lots of busy stuff going on over in Cheyenne with the grandkids (and they are going to a Neil Diamond concert in Denver!).
ReplyDeleteThat is all. Love y'all.