Great Visit!

We had a great visit with Grandma and Grandpa.  They finally got to see Alcatraz and spent a lot of time with O.  We all took a trip up to the Russian River Valley.  First stop was Paradise Ridge Winery outside Santa Rosa.

Salute!

 We enjoyed wine and cheese for a late Valentine's day with our little charmer.

Would you care to dance?

The grounds of the winery also had a big sculpture garden where we walked around a played for a while.  A flock of turkeys even came by to make Mom and Dad feel at home.

We stayed in a cabin right on the river for three nights.  For some reason I did not take any pictures of the lovely river view we had from the cabin.  Our first full day we went hiking in Armstrong Redwoods State Park.  We had a nice little hike - O walked almost 2 miles on his own!

O with a "toddler" redwood.

We also went out to the Sonoma Coast  to enjoy the gorgeous scenery at sunset.

On the way back to Alameda we stopped at the Point Reyes' visitor's center to walk on the Earthquake Trail.  The picture below is at the site of the fence that was shifted by 15 feet during the 1907 earthquake.

We all had a really wonderful time with Grandma and Grandpa.  Olin missed them as soon as they left.

Hike

We went for a nice hike this weekend. O did great, he probably walked close to a mile on his own. I think we wore him out!

The hike was a nice little walk through a nature preserve which is populated with native California plants.  O really liked the ferns.

Toward the middle of the hike, he got a nice ride.  A mile is a long way for those little legs!

Tom is gone for a few days, but will be home for the weekend.  We are gearing up for Grandma and Grandpa here!