1-24-09 Saturday (Life Long Preservation)

Sandra (Jim's ex-coworker) called this morning. Jim and I drove to her parents house in the city of Petaluma. Sandra drove us on a scenic tour of where she grew up and pointed out schools she attended and a beautiful church where she was married. We all went downtown and walked around. We were so busy talking, I don't know if we passed any cool shops or not. Funny.

The 3 of us had a yummy lunch at a bar and grill place. Luckily the place was really slow because we sat at the table for a long ass time chit chatting. Sandra asked the waitress if it was OK to hog a table. I drank so many iced teas. I know, they weren't sweet.... well they were sweet by my hand. We got back to Sandra's parents house, said our goodbyes and plotted our course home.

Let's revisit bottle deposits again. California charges 10 cents. We've found that most places don't refund the money. There's only a few places per city that will take them back, unlike how the other states run. California is a little weird about that. We got back almost $5 so I guess it was worth it.

Another stop on the way home was to a Trader Joes. We wanted to see what the big deal is about this place. It was pretty busy, and sold a lot of healthier, gluten free and/or organic foods. I'm not sure if their prices are in line with nonhealthy versions or not. I doubt it's as cheap as Walmart to eat healthier. When we have money again, then perhaps I'll join the craze. Until then, I will continue to pump my body with preservatives. Perhaps that will make me live longer?

Yet another stop, to the Anthony Chabot state park to see what it was like. When we come back to see more of San Francisco, we're going to stay here. It's a little cheaper than Sandev (where we are now). The state park only has 12 RV sites. We saw several deer driving through the park. The trees were thick and beautiful. I think this will be a beautiful place to go.

Tomorrow we go to Sacramento, check in to the extended stay hotel and then drop the RV off on Monday. My Aunt Claudia lives in Folsum which is close to Sacramento so we'll be seeing her towards the end of the week. I haven't seen her in a long time so it will be nice.

I was going to insert some clip art into the blog but the connection is sucking this evening and I barely got the 2 photos uploaded. I think I'll NOT push my luck and publish this post when the connection isn't looking. Quick, time to po