Halloween's Comin' On

By some miracle, Lexi actually got a pumpkin from her "sprout in a cup" that she brought home on the last day of Kindergarten last May. All the while, Halloween costume parts have been arriving. Can you guess the theme?...

Nana and Papa checked at the new Vaqueros!

Costumes are arriving...

Carnival Week at DCC

The week leading up to Homecoming is Carnival Week at DCC. Lots of fun! For Lexi, the week also included some baking with Nana.

Enough to tucker one out.

Pismo and Nipomo

Vickie, Nana, and Papa left Yosemite on September 25th for some time at the beach in Pismo. We did all kinds of hiking around with the Foster grands, enjoyed Trevor hosting us Daou Winery, Old West Cinnamon Rolls, etc. Vicki and Lynn left for home on the 30th while Jamie stayed over to attend some of the activities at the Central Coast Railroad Festival, a county-wide event he chaired this year (and in 2019).

Vespera Resort

Daou Winery

Winemaker dinner at Ox & Anchor (SLO Hotel)

Looking right into where Jamie once officed in downtown Pismo.

Harford Pier

Fish Gaucho in Paso as we were coming in from Yosemite.

Part of the Central Coast Railroad Festival

View from part way up Pismo Preserve

At the SLO Railroad Museum

Chickens in Nipomo!

Lots of beach walks.

Up in the oaks on the Pismo Preserve

Oso Flaco Lake

Jerk Chicken by Trevor

That's the new Raiders stadium in Las Vegas

Too Much Light...

Nana and Papa missed another of Fina's productions while in California. This production by the DCC High School Theater Department was titled, "Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind." Obviously a little different. 30 plays in 60 minutes. And they did 30 plays in 60 minutes!

Yosemite

Nana and Papa were in Yosemite for a week with Jamie's sister's side of the family. We were there for a "repeat" of the wedding we had in Garden of the Gods exactly a year ago. Though the Yosemite wedding plans were cancelled last year, the reservations were kept in place; so it was turned into a 1-year anniversary extravaganza.

The dinner after the wedding/anniversary was spectacular.

Jamie and Lynn visited this abandoned
fire outlook tower.

We didn't stay at the Ahwahnee, so it's still on our list.

We stayed here, in Yosemite West.

Dog Lake

El Capitan from Taft Point.

Out our back window.

Wedding prep...

Half Dome in the background from Glacier Point.

Door Plates and Quilt Progress

Nana and Papa were practicing a recipe for their Yosemite trip. And we're way deep into Halloween decorating. And, there are new exterior door signs now (people were often confused which of the three front doors were which), see below. And Lynn's labyrinth quilt is coming along...

Sunflower Seed "Risotto" with Butternut Squash and
Mushrooms. For their Yosemite trip.

Halloween is coming!

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