highways and byways.....

This is the tenth day of my travels...and i totally enjoyed every minute! Must be the fact that deep-down inside somewhere, i would really rather be doing this than sitting in my cube every weekday!

I started this particular vacation on Sunday, June 8, in Cabo with my brother and sis inlaw...they're way cool. Well, at least my bro is way cool. I was in Cabo with them from day one to day 5. Sis inlaw starts to work my last nerve at about day 2. I've been vacationing with them since 2001 when they hauled me off to the Bahamas with them. That was one of the funnest trips EVER. From 2001 on, we've been going somewhere every year, mostly to Cabo. Likely the most memorable Cabo trip to date is when my whole entire family joined us there. MOFM was in her 8th month with BS at the time. We have great pics from that trip, some of which i will share when i get home, along with some from this year's journey.

Right now, Wednesday, June 18, i'm sitting in my son's living room writing this on his partner's laptop.

Jack, my interesting son, picked me up at San Diego airport on Friday, June 13. We spent the night at my bro's (they were still in Cabo) and on Saturday we went to the wedding of the son of one of my dear friends from littlehood. Quite a gala affair! Her son is a cop in Riverside County, and he married a detective from Riverside County....a match made in heaven, i'm sure. At the end of the ceremony they played 'Bad Boy' (theme from Cops) as they walked down the aisle as mr and mrs michael smith. it was, must i say it? appropriate, and brought some heavy applause from all in attendance!

After the reception, from which we didn't depart until very late, we headed out to Desert Hot Springs, where we spent the night and visited with my Dad for Father's Day on Sunday. It was a great visit, just Jack, me and 'Pop'. We also spent an hour or so with my widowed brother inlaw. He seems to be recuperating nicely from my sister's death last October.

From Pop's we headed north, destination Sacramento, where Jack lives. Enroute is some of the most glorious scenery in the world. i'll share some of those pics, too. We spent the first night in Lone Pine, a little, tiny town between the white mountains of Nevada, and the Sierra range. From the balcony at the the little Comfort Inn we stayed in, i took some great pics of Mt Whitney. From there we got a wild hair to visit a job we had done in the 80s for the BLM, a wild horse facility in Dyer, Nevada. Brought back many memories; driving up there over Westgard Pass, flying over Owens Valley, bouncing with the winds from the heat and the winds coming over the 14,000 foot mountains! I'll be forever grateful for Jack for that little side trip. Then we headed to Mono Lake. Look that one up. Very interesting place!
Then we visited the oldest living trees in the world, the Bristlecone Pines. Awesome!

We then had a decision to make; head directly for Sacramento or go to South Lake Tahoe or Reno for the night....we headed to Sac. Jack missed his little Boston Terrier, AJ.

So, here we are. We arrived here Monday night, had dinner with RH (partner), and Erica, a friend of RH's. Yesterday RH took the day off and we went to movies....yes, 2 of them. Indiana Jones and Narnia....both were really, really good.
RH made dinner, and we had a Family Guy marathon, and watched some Daily Shows they had on their Tevo...

Today Jack and I are having lunch with his cousin (his father's sister's daughter) and tonight RH is making dinner of some yummy roast he's been cooking all day today!

So....more when i return to civilization and reality! ARGH!! The only real saving grace is i'll be able to see BS, BB, and of course, MOFM. I tell ya, if it wasn't for them, i could easily live a life of waunderlust!