Last Wed, Rachel needed a change of scenery. She works remotely on her laptop/Blackberry from anywhere she happens to be, which is usually in her cute apartment with a nice view of San Francisco. But, it's not summer in the City--that was a few weeks in the spring--and so she borrowed a car and hung out with us for a few days. Dylan came out on Thursday. That meant that I was the only one in the house, for a couple of days, not hunched in front of a laptop.We found time for a bit of fun at Thursday Market night in Grass Valley, munching street food and buying veggies to a varied musical background. Some of the time was spent brainstorming with Dylan about the marketing of his business.
Things are going well, but there are still a few details to iron out.He had to return, (hauling a bunch of our scrap wood to spin into amazing art-furniture, Rumplestiltskin-like) Friday evening, but Rachel stayed on a little longer. We found some fun food at Matteo's Public-a new establishment in Nevada City-absorbing the cool night on the patio after a very unusual hot day (98) up here in the foothills.
On Sunday, we drove back to SF with Rachel to pick up the Sube (which Dylan needed to haul the wood). Rachel went off to join some friends for a hike and we hooked up with Dylan and Emi for brunch.
From there, we made our way home again. I've said it before a number of times, but we are so happy to live close enough to the kids to see them so often. Yet it doesn't feel quite like we're hovering--does it? I don't think so.
Anyway, tomorrow (Wed) I'm off to the mountains just north of King's Canyon NP where I'll join good friends Clay, Noel and John for another backpacking adventure for a few days. So I need to get back to my gear-gathering. Stay tuned...
