After two days in La Cruz, it was time to fly home for Thanksgiving. We had been planning to go to Vegas to meet Peggy’s brother & his wife and see a Celine Dione concert but Covid killed that plan. On Nov 19 I flew to the SF Bay Area to see my son, Bryan, and my old friends from UC Berkeley.
I have a group of college friends that have been getting together every year, the night before the Cal / Stanford football game (“The Big Game” to Cal and Stanford alums). It was great to see them after having canceled last year due to Covid.
The next day I reconnected with my favorite Bay Area hiking group on a beautiful 11 mile walk at Russian Ridge in the Santa Cruz mountains. I have been on more than 50 hikes with these people and it was so nice to see them again!
The next day I spent with my son, Bryan. We had a good hike at Shoreline park and a lunch on the lawn at Shoreline Lake. It’s always great to see him!
Back in San Diego, we put on a Thanksgiving Buffet for Peggy’s family at her mom’s house. Great food and a wonderful time seeing everybody!
The week after Thanksgiving, I flew back to Mexico to work on the boat. Peggy stayed in San Diego to do things with her mom and work at the VA.