Saturday

The Tatums picked us up a little after 10 this morning. We dropped off Lauren at a Friend's house where they were to play war. This house was on a hill and I do mean a hill!! Glenn had to manually downshift the Caravan to negotiate the road. It made Valorie's hill look like a speed bump! There were other million dollar homes being built along the road.

Then we drove into Oakland where we ate Swedish Meatballs at the Ikea store. Glenn dropped us off at our motel for a nap while he went to church for afternoon rehearsal.

I rode with Ann Carol when she went back to get Lauren. Yes, Sue Ellen, I forgot to take my camera. We had to park on the hillside at the end of the driveway and walk down to the house. The driveway was chained off with a sign that warned of "Airsoft War in Progress - Proceed with Caution"! We could see Lauren and some others up on the hillside slinking through the weeds with their automatic weapons wearing full camouflage gear and face shields. She did bring back a few ticks.

After supper Jordann had an outing with friends at a sports club in the neighborhood. Since it was across the busiest street in the area Lauren and I walked with her. As we returned I noticed this view of the hills just north of town.


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Friday

After enjoying a good breakfast at the neighborhood McDonalds

we spent the day relaxing at the Tatum condo.






Watching Lauren and Jordann swim.




After lunch we drove to the library but it was closed on Fridays so we stopped by a state park at the foot of Mt. Diablo



to watch the water flow.






and take some pictures.











Then went back to the condo for supper.

Flying Away

Thursday morning we encountered heavy traffic in Arlington but made it to the airport in plenty of time.


Shortly after takeoff I noticed these gas well pads not far north of the DFW.




After a two hour layover in Denver we flew over the snow covered Rockies, the desert of Utah and Nevada and


more snow cover in the High Sierras.






The drive from Oakland to Walnut Creek was in the midst of evening rush hour traffic with stop and go conditions but we had time to rest in our room about 15 minutes before Ann Carol picked us up for Lauren's band concert at the Fine Arts auditorium in downtown Walnut Creek.

Lauren sat on the back row with her bass horn so we were unable to see her.

The band was very good. Next the Jazz band played a few tunes.

Lauren played the bass guitar in the Jazz band.

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