Rob and the Texas4000, More Puppies, and a touristy weekend
My long July 4th weekend was hectic: drove up to Grass Valley to pick up
Henrike, saw a fun "American Music" performance by the Music in the Mountains
orchestra, and returned on Tuesday.
Then I turned around and drove back up to San Mateo, to meet my
brother Tim, his wife Jorja, and their son
Robert. Rob
is 21 and is in the middle of the Coastal route of the
Texas 4000 bicycle ride, raising
money and awareness for the fight against cancer, while riding bicycles
from Austin to Anchorage. Monday was the ride
from Carmel to San Francisco (passing within ten miles of my home),
and he had a day off in S.F. on Tuesday. It was great to see them,
and to see how much Rob is enjoying the event -- surely something
he'll remember vividly for the rest of his life.
Tomorrow, they get a day off, in Redwood National Park.
The reason that Deb and I had to be in G.V. and miss Rob's ride-by:
last Thursday, Henrike had three puppies. All males; the biggest one is a
Blenheim, and the others are tri-color like Henny, though little brown appears
on them yet.
Tim and Jo were in the area here for the rest of the week; we got
together on Saturday to see some of the Santa Cruz tourist attractions --
rode the Roaring Camp steam train up into the redwoods, took the short
stroll among Henry
Cowell Park's
old-growth grove, drove a bit up into
UCSC, and spent some time out at
Natural Bridges
State Park. Fun day —
I don't make a point of going and seeing those places as often as I'd like to.
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