Friday morning we went off in search of pancakes for Ben at the seafood restaurant. ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060623 The menu was impressive ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060624 as was the coffee ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060625 and Ben's orange juice ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060626 and then my fruit plate came ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060627 and Ben's pancakes of which he maybe ate too many ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060628 but they made him happy as he ate them ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060629 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060630 and this French toast ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060631 seemed to have satisfied OtherJane ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060632 as I took this self portrait. ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060633 Next we hit the road with Jacobo and got this overview of the Valley ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060634 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060635 and then focused in on Stanford ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060636 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060637 and the road trash ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060638 before we reached the large redwood with dates ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060639 and a story ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060640 and then zoomed in on the beginning of the tree ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060641 and the most recent dates before it fell ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060642 not to mention the obligatory phone booth pictures ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060643 before we went into the forest and saw a fallen tree ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060644 that Ben tried to climb on ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060645 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060646 before he regrouped ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060647 to try to climb the middle of the tree ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060648 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060649 as we saw big trees ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060650 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060651 and looked up them ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060652 before the two of us ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060653 and then the three of us huddled into a tree ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060654 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060655 and then another group gathered in another tree ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060656 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060657 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060658 and had Jacobo take their picture ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060659 before we looked up the tree ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060660 and Ben climbed into the tree to pose ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060661 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060662 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060663 even as we looked at ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060664 and up a tree ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060665 while Ben absorbed the nature ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060666 and we marched on ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060667 to the memory of Andrew Hill ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060668 to get a view of the mother of the forest ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060669 which towered above ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060670 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060671 until we came to the father of the forest ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060672 where we took a few pictures ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060673 to get a sense of size ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060674 before taking a father and son and father picture and heading off to the airport. ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060675 Once at the San Jose airport, we had some California Pizza ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060676 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060677 and Diet Snapple and then flew to San Diego. ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060678

Once in San Diego and at Dansyl's house, we saw the appetizers that had been set out ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060679 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060680 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060681 as Dick and Syl ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060682 discussed wall colors ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060683 as DanSyl posed ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060684 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060685 and then Larry arrived ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060686 so that Fran and Janet could pose ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060687 before we went to the Mall ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060688 to Panda Express ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060689 and returned to the set table ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060690 where a feast of questionable value was spread before us ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060691 ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060692 as Syl ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060693 Dick ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060694 Ben and Janet ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060695 Larry ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060696 and Dan ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060697 and Fran showed me her new ruby (her birthstone and a 40th anniversary gift). ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060698 Later, Janet and Larry ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060699 Fran ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060700 Dan ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060701 Dick ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060702 Syl ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060703 Ben ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060704 and I, in this self portrait, lounged until we called it a night. ../../../Sabbat/2006/11.08-12.06PaloAltoSanDiego//P1060705