Time flies

It's been over a week now since my mom flew in to visit and we haven't made a single blog posting. It's difficult to find time at the computer after being at work all day and wanting to spend as much time as possible with mom. On top of it all, work has been really busy so I haven't been able to sneak away early.
The weather has been absolutely gorgeous since mom arrived. The first weekend set all kinds of records for hottest temperatures this time of year. We got off on the right foot by having a lovely coffee at starbucks.



On Sunday, we went for a long drive. I've always wanted to drive down Skyline on the Peninsula and I read about a nursery there that has all native California plants and is the oldest nursery in California. It's a beautiful drive through the redwoods to get to the nursery and the air there out there is lovely and clean. Mom bought us a nice wild lilac plant for our porch. Leaving the nursery, we drove down to the beach passing through La Honda, where Ken Kesey used to live and into San Gregorio, a small farming community where we visited the San Gregorio General Store. They had a live bluegrass band playing inside the store which sold all kinds of random items, especially beer. I imagine people really look forward to going here on the weekends to just hang out.



From here we drove to Half Moon Bay for a late lunch. It was starting to cool off at this point and we still hadn't even made it to the beach! But Rob took this really cool picture of the jail in the middle of town.



I had forgotten that traffic on Highway 1 along the beach really jams up on nice days. It's funny how traffic gets on your nerves even when you're just out for a drive with no where to go and no time to be there. We pulled over for a walk on the beach and the traffic thinned out by the time we got back. I-boy enjoyed himself bigtime on the beach. And I think mom really enjoyed the wet, sandy poodle in the back seat with her for the rest of the drive home.