The Marin's were in town recently and we had a great time with them! The boys were glad to see Katie and Charlie, and I was glad to stay up late, drinking wine and having adult conversations.
We spent a great day in San Francisco with them and finally made it to Alcatraz! The boys have been begging for this since we first got here. Archer was especially interested in the Indian Occupation of Alcatraz island after the prison closed. I visited Alcatraz in 1994 and they have changed the tour a bit. The kids really liked it, but were spooked during the audio tour about the Great Escape. Archer had trouble sleeping for several nights, which is funny. There are plenty of scary and disturbing things about Alcatraz, but he was frightened by a misunderstanding in the story telling!
We also visited this great Mexican Naval (apparently they HAVE a Navy) ship the Cuauhtémoc. Its was really beautiful big tall masted ship and they were so polite and friendly onboard. The kids loved this and so did Michelle and I! They also all got their Jr Ranger Badges at the National Maritime Historical Park. We ventured to North Beach for dinner, which we had not visited yet. We are usually too tired from a day at the wharf to do much else! So we thank the Marins for showing around SF a but more.
We also finally made it to the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz. Every time we get near there Im reminded of the movie the Lost Boys, and when they first arrive in town spray painted on the back of a billboard it says "Welcome to Santa Carla, Murder Capital of the World". That has always stuck with me and I cant relax in Santa Cruz (Santa Carla) because of that! Hmmm, I thought I Archer was silly for being afraid of the Dummy heads in the Alcatraz escape.... Pot, Kettle.
I have also just discovered that Fred has never seen The Lost Boys, so Ill Tivo that later and
re-freaking myself out. Thanks Youtube! (Yes, Google owns Youtube too)
We have been in California for seven months now and we have had seven groups of visitors. That's a pretty good track record. Possibly more visitors than we had in Denver over several years! In fact we have visitors this week too, so eight groups!
As promised many months ago, here is a link to Fred's Blog. You can see, he was busy in June! He has upcoming trips to Eastern Europe and a few shorter ones here and there. He does a lot of local speaking engagements too. I think I can speak for him and say he loves his job and comes home with a huge smile most days.
The boys were starting to get bored with summer break, so they are going to Art Camp this week. They are really enjoying that and I think Skyler needs a little help to learn to work more independently. School starts August 21st...
** You may have to go to the BLOG to see the movie clip/slide show **
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