Great Weekends

Way too much to write in detail about our last three weekends, so I will give you a brief over-view with a bunch of pictures.

Three weekends ago, we went back to the Empire State Mine because they were holding a "Miner's Picnic"; it wasn't really exciting, but we did get to go into the old houses for free that we didn't get to see last time.

Two weekends ago, we took a long drive to Tomales Bay. The directions we had ended up being wrong, so we got lost and eventually, with Sharon's help, we found our way to our destination.  However, we ended up driving almost two hours more than needed. Then, when we got there it was closed, which sucked; we ended up eating in a administrative parking lot for Point Reyes because they were so busy. So, we decided to go Point Reyes instead and got to walk around a re-creation of an indian village, which was fun.

 The day after that we went on a long drive with Sarah's parents through Cameron Park and all the way down to Angels Camp. We walked around Amador City, Sutter Creek, and Murphys; it was a good day for just relaxing and spending time with family.

 Last weekend we went to Monterey Bay on a whim. We only intended to spend the day at the beach and have lunch, but Sarah's mom offered to pay for a night in a hotel if we wanted. So, we stayed at the Hyatt Regency, which was very nice, and the next day we went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which we love. We need to live near the ocean some day--we never want to leave when we visit the coast.

So that has been our life in a nutshell.