April 2018 - USA travels

30 April 2018 Monday - Lynnwood Washington
Lynne and I had great walk in the woods at local park then visit to Edmonds to enjoy the waters and evening out to dinner.

29 April 2018 Sunday - Lynnwood Washington
Morning walk to Whole Foods and then my friend Lynne from Juneau who moved to St George Utah will arrive on her way to Orcas Island.

28 April 2018 Saturday - Portland Oregon to Lynnwood/Seattle Washington (198 miles)
Another day of heavy rain and fog for interstate driving....have bypassed Portland on the 205 and Seattle on the 405....but got an upgrade to a suite so all is well.

27 April 2018 Friday - Medford to Clackamas/Portland Oregon (256 miles)
Heavy rain for drive north on I5....yuk!

26 April 2018 Thursday - Medford Oregon (33 miles)
Morning visit to gravesite of my mother's cousin at Eagle Point National Cemetery.....beautiful place on the hill overlooking the valley then stop at the Antelope Creek Covered Bridge.

25 April 2018 Wednesday - Orland California to Medford Oregon (195 miles)

24 April 2018 Tuesday - Vacaville to Orland California (164 miles)
Morning walk in the woods at Bidwell State Park along Sacramento River and then a visit to Black Butte Lake dam and then wonderful visit with my mother's cousin's son Russell and his wife Nora.

23 April 2018 Monday - Palo Alto to Vacaville California (86 miles)
on the road again....

22 April 2018 Sunday - Palo Alto California
relaxing in the sun before driving again tomorrow......

21 April 2018 Saturday - Palo Alto California
Off to fetch Annette and Lynn at the airport.....even though there is a cell phone lot, it has nothing like other cities I have visited....no wifi, no toilets, no vending machines.

19 April 2018 Thursday - Palo Alto California
Last visit for research at the LDS Family History Center.....

18 April 2018 Wednesday - Palo Alto California
Great visit with my friend Jeanne at Filoli Gardens and great walkabout!

15 April 2018 Sunday - Palo Alto California
Visiting my cousins in San Jose..........

14 April 2018 Saturday - Palo Alto California
Met my friend Randi and her dog Max in San Carlos for a hike on the beach at Half Moon Bay....gorgeous sunny day!

13 April 2018 Friday - Palo Alto California
Happy Friday the Thirteenth!

12 April 2013 Thursday - Palo Alto California
Oil change for my van then afternoon research at the LDS Family History Library in Menlo Park....found a few more tidbits on my ggg grandfather Joseph Hill who arrived in Pottawattamie Iowa as the first Gentile settler (this was a settlement of Mormons in Kanesville, now Council Bluffs).

11 April 2013 Wednesday - Palo Alto California
Denny and I walked to the Anatolian Kitchen for great lunch and catchup on our lives since we met here in Palo Alto forty years ago!

9 April 2018 Monday - Palo Alto California
I had wanted to hike the Stanford Dish trail but when I arrived at the trailhead at 930am the parking lot was full and there was a queue of about half dozen cars waiting for an empty space...the problem of living in such an urban area! So returned to the house and walked to the library about three miles return!

8 April 2018 Sunday - Palo Alto California
My Sunday morning visit for groceries at Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and Sprouts! Annette is in Ireland and found that the Irish whiskey she wanted to buy is cheaper at BevMo next to Whole Foods so walked over to buy her a bottle of Red Breast!

7 April 2018 Saturday - Palo Alto California
Still raining but clearing soon.....

6 April 2018 Friday - Palo Alto California
Visited the western themed Fry's Electronics which is the oldest operating store in the company's chain. It was founded as an electronics retail outlet in 1985 to provide one stop shopping for Silicon Valley high tech workers!
Afternoon walk in the sometimes rain to downtown Palo Alto and visited the houses in which I lived in the 1970's, one looks the same and the other torn down to build a new one.

5 April 2018 Thursday - Palo Alto California
Great visit with my cousin from San Jose.....he drove up for the morning and I plan to drive down next week for visit with rest of family, I hope.

4 April 2018 Wednesday - Palo Alto California
Morning walk to suss out the yoga place and the YMCA down the road then afternoon walk to Stanford to attend lecture with Fran Ulmer, former mayor of Juneau and Lt Gov of Alaska, who is now Chair of the US Arctic Research Commission and a Cox Visiting Professor at Stanford for Spring 2018.

3 April 2018 Tuesday - Palo Alto California
After morning walk, drove to Family History Center at LDS church in Menlo Park to do research.

2 April 2018 Monday  - Palo Alto California
Morning walk of the neighborhood.....a beautiful spring day with so many flowers blooming.

1 April 2018 Sunday - Palo Alto California
Happy Easter and Happy April Fools! Early morning drive to stock up at Whole Foods and Trader Joes and thought that there would be very few people but there were heaps!