Friday, July 25, 2008
We are wrapping up our time in Northern CA - went bowling with some new friends, the grandchildren of my parent's friends mentioned in the last post. Got a chance to upload more photos and a video of Alex trying step aerobics on the Wii Fit.
Didn't go outside much due to the smoke from the fires - hard to believe over 2000 fires started by lightning during one storm on June 21 burned over a million acres! (fr CA Dept of Forestry and Fire Protection)
Driving back to the Bay area for the weekend, then SoCal on Monday until we head back to HKG.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Summer update #2
The kids with great-grandma "Bak-Bak"
From a Pasadena park puppet performance - how's that for a tongue twister?
After Utah, we enjoyed time in Northridge: swimming with cousins, playing Wii, a little shopping and a morning at a luxury spa for me!
For Independence day we went to Wall-E and had a BBQ then went to the neighborhood display of fireworks in Porter Ranch a few miles from my in-laws house and were awed by the explosions just overhead while patriotic tunes were sung in the background.
The next morning, we drove up to the Bay area to spend a week with friends and relatives and a couple days "glamping" at Costanoa. (Look it up.) I prefer to call it luxury camping and for your hotel pricing there is a wood-framed tent cabin with furniture including bed, heating pad, linens and towels. The only inconvenience is going to the "comfort station" for nature's call. While there, you can lounge in front of fireplace or hit the sauna. We went for a few hours of walking after breakfast in the restaurant (another luxury) alongside a grove of eucalyptyus trees, on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific, in the sand dunes, on the rocky tidepools (where my trusty Canon met it's demise) as well as a sandy beach.
One of the last photos taken with the Canon - anemones
Kids get to play CP side by side!
Now we're in Redding hanging out with "Poa Poa" and "Gong Gong" for another week. The kids and their grandparents have been competing for the Top 10 on Wii Fit games. We met up with one of my high school friends in town visiting his parents and went for a swim in their pool. We also met one of my parent's NY friend's daughter and kids for dinner and may get together for a playdate next week.
We had dinner at Grand Buffet in Redding.
Summer is flying by and we'll be back in HKG right before school starts on the 13th.
The kids with great-grandma "Bak-Bak"
From a Pasadena park puppet performance - how's that for a tongue twister?
After Utah, we enjoyed time in Northridge: swimming with cousins, playing Wii, a little shopping and a morning at a luxury spa for me!
For Independence day we went to Wall-E and had a BBQ then went to the neighborhood display of fireworks in Porter Ranch a few miles from my in-laws house and were awed by the explosions just overhead while patriotic tunes were sung in the background.
The next morning, we drove up to the Bay area to spend a week with friends and relatives and a couple days "glamping" at Costanoa. (Look it up.) I prefer to call it luxury camping and for your hotel pricing there is a wood-framed tent cabin with furniture including bed, heating pad, linens and towels. The only inconvenience is going to the "comfort station" for nature's call. While there, you can lounge in front of fireplace or hit the sauna. We went for a few hours of walking after breakfast in the restaurant (another luxury) alongside a grove of eucalyptyus trees, on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific, in the sand dunes, on the rocky tidepools (where my trusty Canon met it's demise) as well as a sandy beach.
One of the last photos taken with the Canon - anemones
Kids get to play CP side by side!
Now we're in Redding hanging out with "Poa Poa" and "Gong Gong" for another week. The kids and their grandparents have been competing for the Top 10 on Wii Fit games. We met up with one of my high school friends in town visiting his parents and went for a swim in their pool. We also met one of my parent's NY friend's daughter and kids for dinner and may get together for a playdate next week.
We had dinner at Grand Buffet in Redding.
Summer is flying by and we'll be back in HKG right before school starts on the 13th.
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