Friday morning we went off in search of pancakes for Ben at the seafood restaurant.
The menu was impressive
as was the coffee
and Ben's orange juice
and then my fruit plate came
and Ben's pancakes of which he maybe ate too many
but they made him happy as he ate them
and this French toast
seemed to have satisfied OtherJane
as I took this self portrait.
Next we hit the road with Jacobo and got this overview of the Valley
and then focused in on Stanford
and the road trash
before we reached the large redwood with dates
and a story
and then zoomed in on the beginning of the tree
and the most recent dates before it fell
not to mention the obligatory phone booth pictures
before we went into the forest and saw a fallen tree
that Ben tried to climb on
before he regrouped
to try to climb the middle of the tree
as we saw big trees
and looked up them
before the two of us
and then the three of us huddled into a tree
and then another group gathered in another tree
and had Jacobo take their picture
before we looked up the tree
and Ben climbed into the tree to pose
even as we looked at
and up a tree
while Ben absorbed the nature
and we marched on
to the memory of Andrew Hill
to get a view of the mother of the forest
which towered above
until we came to the father of the forest
where we took a few pictures
to get a sense of size
before taking a father and son and father picture and heading off to the airport.
Once at the San Jose airport, we had some California Pizza
and Diet Snapple and then flew to San Diego.
Once in San Diego and at Dansyl's house, we saw the appetizers that had been set out
as Dick and Syl
discussed wall colors
as DanSyl posed
and then Larry arrived
so that Fran and Janet could pose
before we went to the Mall
to Panda Express
and returned to the set table
where a feast of questionable value was spread before us
as Syl
Dick
Ben and Janet
Larry
and Dan
and Fran showed me her new ruby (her birthstone and a 40th anniversary gift).
Later, Janet and Larry
Fran
Dan
Dick
Syl
Ben
and I, in this self portrait, lounged until we called it a night.
The menu was impressive
as was the coffee
and Ben's orange juice
and then my fruit plate came
and Ben's pancakes of which he maybe ate too many
but they made him happy as he ate them
and this French toast
seemed to have satisfied OtherJane
as I took this self portrait.
Next we hit the road with Jacobo and got this overview of the Valley
and then focused in on Stanford
and the road trash
before we reached the large redwood with dates
and a story
and then zoomed in on the beginning of the tree
and the most recent dates before it fell
not to mention the obligatory phone booth pictures
before we went into the forest and saw a fallen tree
that Ben tried to climb on
before he regrouped
to try to climb the middle of the tree
as we saw big trees
and looked up them
before the two of us
and then the three of us huddled into a tree
and then another group gathered in another tree
and had Jacobo take their picture
before we looked up the tree
and Ben climbed into the tree to pose
even as we looked at
and up a tree
while Ben absorbed the nature
and we marched on
to the memory of Andrew Hill
to get a view of the mother of the forest
which towered above
until we came to the father of the forest
where we took a few pictures
to get a sense of size
before taking a father and son and father picture and heading off to the airport.
Once at the San Jose airport, we had some California Pizza
and Diet Snapple and then flew to San Diego.
