Over the hills and through the woods

Yesterday, we drove.

Across the desert from El Centro (elevation -35), up the hills to Jacumba (elevation 4,000), across the hills to the coast, and up the coast to Laguna Beach. In between, we stopped in Oceanside to pick up a rental car, dropped off the RV at our nephew's place 20 miles inland, transferred the food and clothing from the RV to the rental car, went to visit my sister, then drove up the coast to Laguna, stopped at the grocery store for a few dinners for this week, and plopped down on the sofa in the condo.

Then one of those serendipitous things happened. I had posted a Facebook picture of the wind in the palm tree out in front of our porch, which was seen by a friend from years back who was explaining to her husband how Facebook works. They, for the first time in many months, perhaps a year, were also in Laguna Beach, taking a stroll on the sand. So they called, and long-story-short, they came over and we had a late steak dinner.

So here are our friends Tim and Jean

After catching up on our various ailments, the status of all the kids and grandkids, and where we've all traveled, it was pretty late. But they did tell us that their daughter, the pastry chef Heather, was working on a project and had 'suggested' they get out of the house (AKA her way) and that was how they ended up just down the road from us. Amd here is a photo of the creation Heather was working on.