We did an elongated trip to California that began shortly before Kendra’s Wedding and ended a week after. We had a lot of fun and got to see all sorts of friends. We cannot wait until we are back on the west coast and able to spend more time with friends and family. Hopefully we will be back within the next 12 months. *Fingers crossed*
When we were getting ready to pack, we pulled out our big bag and the cats both know that it means we are leaving, so they took turns on making it hard for us to pack.
After we flew in, we stayed at Ryca and Jon’s house in Belmont. We had a blast hanging out and we really enjoyed their view of the SF area. 🙂
After we hung out with Ryca and Jon, we drove up to Boonville for Kendra’s Wedding.
We spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Boonville with family. After Boonville, we headed north to Humboldt. It was the first time in 26 months that we had been there. We both didn’t realize how much we actually missed it until we went back.
We had a dinner at Six River’s Brewery in McKinleyville on Monday night with a bunch of friends. We did the dinner because we weren’t sure where exactly we were going to be on the fourth of July.
Tuesday was spent doing nothing except for wandering around. We went up to Trinidad with Lorna and Steve to have lunch at the Eatery. Then we walked the trail to College Cove and Elk Head. It was green and wonderful!
We decided late on Tuesday that we didn’t really want to get back into the car and do a lot of driving on the Fourth, so we stayed in Humboldt and we enjoyed the Crabs baseball game.
We then wandered around Kendra’s Neighborhood and Darrell and Steve played on the toys in the park.
We spent the night of the Fourth hanging out with Liam, Sigrid, and Kearney and setting off fireworks.
On the morning of July 5, we headed back down to San Francisco with a stop at the Solar Living Center in Hopland. We also stopped at the Marin Headlands to get a different view of the Golden Gate Bridge. (Also to waste some time as we were a little early for our dinner since there wasn’t any traffic through Santa Rosa like we expected).
We had dinner with a bunch of people from Darrell’s days in Santa Cruz. It was fun hanging out and seeing some people we didn’t think that we would get to see.
Then on Friday, July 6, we got onto the plane and said goodbye to California and spent some time dreaming about how it will be when we come back for good.
Overall, it was a great trip and it was much needed for us. We got to relax and spend some time with each other and recover from our grief. The grief is still there, but it is nowhere near as prevalent as it was before. We know we are loved and thought about among our friends and families.
Thank you so much to everyone who made our trip special. 🙂
~S&D
