Junior Varsity

Upper School, and Claire's on the volleyball team. Here she is, after she'd gotten home from a game one day.

And The Trip Home...

Two images of overpasses on the way to the airport and the rest were shot out the window from Phoenix to Charlotte. (We had a three-legged trip!) It was 106 outside at Phoenix; made me feel not as bad about the 99 and humid we were returning to, though two weeks of 65º tops was pure heaven. We were sitting at one of the engines and I caught the red flash of the warning light on it. Last two shots are of a storm in the distance as we approached.

The Last Night at the Zen Hotel...

Claire and Ellis playing SIMS.

Trip to Berkeley...

Overpass...

We rushed back to Redwood City to see "Inception" which was so much fun for all of us.

ride back to Los Altos, again...

And out for dinner on the last night.

Ride Back to Los Altos From Sea Ranch

And some shadows at Mary's house, once we had gotten there...

The next day I took my walk around the hotel. Some shots from the street and the redwoods in a local park; later in the day, Mary, working at her loom and a few right around Mary's house (where Allen grew up) before and after dinner...

Picnic at Annapolis

Here are some images from our last full day at Sea Ranch; lunch with George, Bruce, Tom and the family at the Annapolis Winery. George drove up in his Volvo and Bruce and Tom in their Porsche! They, with Allen, took the walk to the waterfall and then we all drove to Annapolis, after making our sandwiches first. We drank the winery's Gewurtztraminer with lunch (Claire and Ellis had Squirts!) under the apple trees. Bruce and Tom went back home from there, and we five continued with hours of frisbee golf on the mountain. Heaven.

First, some shots of the early morning, a walk to the ocean, "the whole series", as George called it, of Catherine's jam, and, of course, the drive up...

The picnic; Tom, Bruce, Allen, George, Ellis and Claire...

A portrait; the family and George...

And some shots of frisbee golf, and resting from same (and Claire throwing an apple)...

From the winery, we drove to The Hot Spot, a Redwood grove on the way back to our house. Thanks to Nancy and Alex for the tip...

Back at Sea Ranch, I took another walk to the ocean that evening and spotted a whale. It was the most amazing thing.

And dinner one last time at the Lodge...

with this view of the sunset.