Getting Settled

Since my last posting Ellen and I have been getting settled here in Los Altos. We have been here close to two weeks and have been staying at Jen and Dan’s house. This past Saturday, they took Elise and Thomas on a ski trip to Breckenridge, CO where they met up with Julie and Rich and Amy and Justin. The group of “cousins” are enjoying themselves in what is fast becoming an annual trip. Ellen and I are taking care of Julia while the rest of the family is away. We have been exploring the Los Altos area museums and parks. Ellen and I went up to SF last week and took a 13 mile bike ride along the waterfront. We rode across the Golden Gate Bridge and back which was a thrill. Getting up to the bridge from the shoreline was quite a difficult up hill ride. We then had lunch at Scoma’s which is on the water on Embarcadero Drive. Just as our very nice lunch was concluding it started to rain. So the 5 mile ride back to our car got a bit interesting (and wet). All in all it was a very enjoyable day. We have plans to visit Squaw Valley for 3 nights and 4 days next week. There has been a lot of snowfall and we plan on snowshoeing and maybe taking a snowmobile excursion.

I posted some pictures of our bike ride in SF and of the grandchildren at
http://picasaweb.google.com/tschick62/February2009?feat=directlink

More later . . .