Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Yosemite to Sacramento, now Petaluma!

Well, we have been to Yosemite Park were we stayed at Park Sierra for two weeks. We were able to visit Sequoia during the weekend while Tyler and Crystal were up visiting. We went on a four mile hike and enjoyed seeing the wildlife, including squirrels, chipmunks, woodpeckers, a baby bobcat, and a lot of deer. The trees were beautiful and we enjoyed sharing the weekend with Tyler and Crystal. We also were able to see Yosemite falls and they were amazing. The locals said they haven't seen them that full in at least ten years so we were lucky to see them at their fullest. We enjoyed staying at an Escapees park and visiting with other members. We were able to join them for dinners, pancake breakfast, bingo and poker. We left Yosemite on Tuesday June 21st and went to Sacramento. We stayed in an RV park in West Sacramento. We will able to go to Old Town Sacramento and eat lunch on the Sacramento River at Joe's Crab Shack. We then went on a paddlewheel cruise down the Sacramento River and enjoyed the sights. We were also able to spend a lot of time with family in Sacramento and shared a few meals with Kathy's Uncle Bob and Aunt Jenny. We were able to see Unlce Carl and Tina also. We also were able to go to dinner with Debbie and Ron Davis (Kathy's cousin).
Now we are in Petaluma and able to spend a lot of time with Jimmy and Natalie. This weekend we will also be able to spend some time with Dustin, Candi, Taylor and Jayden as Dustin is racing in Sonoma this weekend. We will be going to the races and also visiting with Dustin's parents Rick and Rhonda. Taylor is going to spend the night with us and enjoy the petting zoo and festivities at the RV park were we are staying. We have been able to ride our bicycles a lot and enjoying the cooler weather. On our way to Petaluma from Sacramento we also stopped at the Jelly Belly factory and go on a tour of the factory and see how they are made. We also were able to sample jelly belly's and eat at the jelly belly snack bar were we enjoyed jelly belly shaped pizza and hot dogs. We will be here in Petaluma through July 5th and enjoying spending time with the kids. Then we will be heading for Eureka for awhile and then into Oregon. That is as far as our plans go.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Love your pictures mom- rocking blog!!!

--jim

Anonymous said...

I really like your website! Weren't you scared rock climbing in Yosemite Dad? Well, glad Mom got a picture of it, and that you lived to tell about it :) Miss you and hope you are having a great journey thus far!! Love you guys!!
~Crystal

Anonymous said...

Thanks for spending some time with us before you left! It was really nice and we definitely enjoyed it! I hope you guys have fun traveling. Hope to hear from you soon! Love you!
Love Always,
Natalie

Anonymous said...

Ok, its been like.... Three days.... Must..... have ....... pictures...... trying to make it, just trying to SURVIVE, at least till I get just one more picture of where mom and dad are at...... :)

Hi Crystal!!
Hi Nat!!!

-Jim

Anonymous said...

Hi Smiths, This is my first look. I think it is great. Have fun!

Scuba Steve