Here are a few things we did our first full month in California.
At the end of June we paid a visit to the Alameda County Fair, which was crazy expensive! But it did get us out of the apartment for a little while. All four of us took a ride on the swings. I thought these swings were the kiddy kind that just sort of twirl you around nice and relaxing like. Nope! These swings were the kind that lift you way up in the air and twirl you around fast enough to make your cheeks look like you just had face lift surgery. The kids had a great time on this, mommy a little dizzy and sickly after that one. That's why I was so glad that my son is not a thrill seeker like his sister. I was able to go on the Ferris wheel with him while Ed took the girl on a roller-coaster. I guess my aging brain is ready for the Ferris wheel to be my maximum excitement level.
The weekend after that we took a little drive to Brentwood and Discovery Bay where we had passed by some fruit picking stands while looking at houses. We found ourselves a nice Strawberry farm and set up to go pick some fresh strawberries. Now because of the competitive streak in both of my children it immediately turned into a race to see who could get more strawberries in their box than the other team. Calista teamed up with Daddy and Alex teamed up with me and in usual Alex fashion took over the operation and started barking out orders. The final tally, Mommy and Alex won that one. Then I made a strawberry syrup to go over our pancakes and we feasted on strawberries for the entire week.
Side bar here, let me just say that the person that came up with this idea is/was a genius. Grow the fruit, then let the customers come pick it. You cut out several middlemen with the grocery stores, harvesters, etc. The public gets the freshest fruit possible and all you have to do is water some trees or strawberry bushes. Brilliant!
Our last adventure was a day trip to San Francisco. We had to make a 20 minute stop once in San Fran to plug in the Tesla, we figured we'd just have lunch. Ed had scouted out a charging station and that was our first destination. Little did we know that this was the George Lucas Film Studio. Unfortunately it is only open Monday - Friday so we weren't able to go inside or find lunch. But they did have a Starbucks around back and a bunch of grass and landscaping for the dogs to stretch their legs. We are hoping to go back once the kids are on a break to tour the inside.
After charging up we were off to the Golden Gate Bridge. It was a bit cloudy, but still wonderful. Before we got there the kids weren't very excited and I was second guessing my planning this adventure. But once we got on the bridge and they saw all the people and the bright red bridge you could feel the excitement exuding from the back seat.
After that it was a trip to Sausalito where we found a waterfront, open deck, seafood restaurant. It was just heaven! The smell of the sea air, the light bouncing off the water, the sounds of the seagulls, this is the stuff that feeds my soul.
Those were our adventures thus far. Next blog will be more on the house sale. Spoiler alert, "It's going to be a bumpy ride".
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