Step One...

Well hello, and welcome to post number one! The emergency exits are located - nowhere- so you'll just have to finish reading this post.
Sadly I have no photos to post yet, we need to connect the camera to the computer and that just hasn't happened yet, but -never fear- it will soon. For now, here is a small update on our trip so far.

We stayed with my Aunt Molly in Willits, CA
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for the first set of days - We used this as a home base while we made a day trip up to the Avenue of The Giants, The Mendocino coast, and had some down time. She is always a great host and lent us her car during her school day (she is a teacher) to use, which was GREAT. Thank you so much, Aunt Molly for the time we spent with you!!

Next we moved on to Santa Rosa for a quick dinner and visit with my Uncle and Aunt at Cattlemen's - which is worth a trip all its own. We only had a short visit with them, but wonderful none the less.

The next leg of the trip was a whirl wind of travel and faces - We were picked up by my Aunt and her band of younglings and drove the long way down to Morgan Hill
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Driving through Santa Cruz, Capitola (my favorite place on earth), and along the coast. The next morning we went to San Luis Obispo to see my sister Anna at Cal Poly for the day.
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We made a trip to beautiful Pismo beach and Avila beach, and had dinner with her. It was so worth the drive to see her and thank you so much to my Aunt Emily for driving all that way in so few days.
This morning we were driven to Fremont (Just south of the Oakland area) where we caught the BART (like a skytrain) to San Francisco where we are currently in our room at the San Remo Hotel. A favorite of my Mother's (thanks mom). We did a little walking tour of the area earlier up to Coit Tower and lunch at L'Osteria Del Forno. (Our hotel is located in a priiime spot in North Beach which is where Little Italy is located.)
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Much love to everyone!