Royal Motel Vacaville

... Map. Cali, our calico, is happy to see us home.

... only use white lines in Aussie and don't mix colors so I will look out for them more in future.
Sweet......1st let off which is Min $351 to $1000 for car pool violations!!!

After the traffic we got a call from Nash to advise a storm went over Lake Tahoe and dumped approx 10 inches of snow. They drove up Friday night after work and seen multiple cars slide off the road and suggested we wait till morning.
We arrived at Sacramento at approx 1:30am ...

... 2 pm. Take I-80, I-680, 237, and arrive Sundowner Inn at about 3:15 pm.

A lovely day -- with an easy drive out to Sacramento, a good day visiting Sac State (which is a very pretty campus, especially this time of year, with the leaves changing), then an easy drive home. Definitely a long day, and I was exhausted by the end of it, but not a bad one at all.

We chose the worst day weather-wise to leave San Fran and cross the Golden Gate Bridge, it was pouring with rain and there was zero visibility as we crossed the bridge; luckily we had some shots of it the previous day from our ride in the park. As we got out of the city and out into the valley the terrain dramatically changed and became more green with lots of farmland.

It only took us about an ...

... up too late but we were still on vacation. It has been very hot in London the past two days, probably in the upper 80's to low 90's. Today, Monday, the weather appears to be changing with a dense cloud cover, which has cooled things off a bit, even a little rain this morning! We plan to take a Double Decker bus tour of London and see Wicked this evening. The kids are still sleeping as I enjoy a peaceful cup of coffee and write my journal. The kids slept in to about 10:00 and ...

... plane ticket on Virgin Atlantic in-hand (well, at least the e-ticket's in-hand) everything is ready to go...well, OK maybe not quite everything. The packing list is not quite complete, but it's sorta getting there, and at this point, I need to offer my heartfelt thanks to "shanewilson" and all of the other intrepid travelpod adverturers who've shared their RTW and long-distance packing lists and planning ...

... listening to directions on an MP3 player) & have a bit of a wander around. It certainly must've been a pretty bleak place to serve time in. There was still enough fog blowing past to shroud the Bay somewhat, but the views were pretty good regardless. I then caught the ferry over to Angel Island, which is a large nature reserve that gets used for hiking, mountain biking & picnicking - it used to have a military bases ...

Up about 6:30 and went to the IHOP for breakfast. Left Beaverton at about 8 and began my drive down I-5 to San Francisco. Not much to say about that other than it was darned wet. Listening to the vast array of radio stations and not often finding one I wanted to accompany my travels. Apparently there are roads flooded, hill slides and lots of accidents along the way and the awful weather led me to decide to head off I-5 when the ...

... with the traditional story), spun the dredl (Jewish top) for geld (chocolate in gold foil), and to top it off, had a Channukah song with rap verses in between!!! Everyone loved the party and somehow it broke up promptly at 9. A few young ones are now off to a nearby bar (the Albatross) to get out of the house. Serena's party was a big success, and she is very happy. Please check out the pictures.