Our departure from California

We left our hood around 9:30 am a little hung over (after two nights of parties - the one above is from Friday night), with a lot of tears, and still in this surreal state as 'we are really doing this'. We had a wonderful going away party last night (Saturday) hosted by our great neighbor and friend, Carrie. We are so thankful to everyone who came to our party to see us off and wish us well. While it was sad saying goodbye, we will keep in touch and we hope to have lots of visitors once we get settled in San Carlos. We spent last night sleeping on our cots in the living room of our other great neighbors and friends; Bob, Sue & Casey. It was saying goodbye to these two wonderful neighbors and friends that it hit us that we are really leaving. Then we drove away from Buccaneer Court, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, and then California.

We drove to Richfield, UT and spent the night in a hotel (sneaking Hunter in with us). The drive through Arizona and Utah was gorgeous. We opened a great bottle of wine (after frantically searching for a wine opener and then asking the front desk, an adjacent restaurant, and all the other guests in the hotel for one and finally got one) and toasted to the rest of our lives. We are totally exhausted physically, mentally, and emotionally so we are off to bed early.

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