Day 5: A Lazy Day in Diamond Springs

First let me tell you a little about Stan and June. We first meet them in the mid to late 1980's. We corresponded with each other in a effor to establish a teaching exchange. I was teaching at Nayland College and Stan at Escondido High. While the exchane didn't eventuate, we remained friends and visted one another at various times.

Today was a lazy day with two very good friends, time to catch up on kids and grandkids etc. June took us on a 3 km walk around the local lake. A very nice walk improved considerably by there being sunshine (it was a little cool).

Around 2 pm we got a text from Kerry informing us they were about 1 hours drive from Sacramento International Airport. Stan guided me from his house to the airport ( about 1 hours drive) to pick up Regan and Kerry. We arrived about 2 minutes before they did. Great timing.

Got Regan signed up as the extra driver and headed back to Diamond Springs and Stan's house. The kids (Regan and Kerry spent the evening catching up on washing and regaling us  with their adventures. They sounded to have had a great and exciting time in LA, San Francisco and Yoemite.

Tomorrow we are on the road again. Off to Virginia City via Lake Tahoe. Hopefully the weather will hold. They are predicting 8 inches of snow over the weekend. We are defintely in late autum early winnter. I note there has already been a heavl snowfall in Flagstaff Arizona (very early for this time of the year).