in San Francisco!
Our time has come to leave the beautiful city by the bay and the city just north of there, Sausalito. But we have had a fabulous summer making new friends and visiting with "seasoned" friends.
Jim and the Le Chat Beaute-ers. Jim came several times with friends to visit and watch the Americas Cup races. Always with tons of foods and drink and flowers!
The races brought all the gorgeous yachts out to show off . Below is the Potomac, origianally Franklin D. Roosevelt's Presidential Yacht.
Tasty, tasty food all over town! Do you know what these are?
Dinner at Salito's with Jim, Bonnie and Bill.
Day at the Races!! The winning AC 72, Oracle Team USA!
Pretty private scoot-around! This water craft came off a mega-yacht!
Another classic yacht design. Many of these older boats are chartered - probably to help pay for the restoration and upkeep!
First thing on our agenda now that the races are finally over is to get the Red Hottie Harley to Palm Springs where we will keep it for now. Had to drive through King's Canyon National Park where the giant sequoias grow.
Just a perspective as to the size of these big girls! It was freezing up there. Luckily Paddy had his leathers on and I don't own any.......yet. They had snow flurries earlier that day. Brrrr.
The road coming down from the forest was filled with hairpin turns and spectacular views.
Coming down to the desert offered a change in scenery and weather.
With warmer (hot) weather comes the change to rocks, dry, and crusty vegetation.
Other then the need to enjoy the warmth of Palm Springs and leave the motorcycle, we were able to visit Larry, and his brother Rudy. They all went to high school together.
Snacks and champagne on the patio.
Rudy treated us to a trip up the Palm Springs tram. In the winter they have snow up there and you can horse-shoe and cross country ski.
View down the tram with Coachella Valley in the background.
Lunch at the top!
Larry joined us for a motorcycle day trip up to Idylwild which is a 1-1/2 hour trip into the mountains from Palm Springs.
The air is cool and the terrain reminds me of Europe. This past June there was a big fire in the area, so here is some damage.
Larry enjoying the ride!
Lunch at Lulu's...................gotta eat!
Here's Marilyn - 29 feet tall!
Celebrating Doug's birthday with his wife Linda at the Black Angus in Vallejo, CA.
Last hurrah with Wayne and Elly. They left the next day to return to French Cay Harbor on Roatan (Honduras). They extended their trip by a week since the first week was ALL Americas Cup.
We left the bay Friday evening and sailed for 2 1/2 days. Now in Brookings, OR waiting for the weather window to continue our trip to Portland, to store the boat for the winter.
