My new job started Sep. 12 and the old job ended Sep. 2. That meant I had Labor Day weekend and the week after Labor Day off!!! Whoo Hoo.
So David and I decided to hang around home Labor Day weekend to avoid the traffic and then go to Mt. Shasta and Ashland, OR. It was a great trip. It was our first real vacation. We've gone on other trips but they were not just vacations. There were events to attend and family to see. But this trip was just free and easy. Do whatever we wanted when we wanted.
We left Fair Oaks Tues. and had lunch in Chico at Tres Hombres. It's downtown Chico and a great Mexican Restaurant. Then we drove to Mt. Shasta City. We stayed in a Best Western call The Tree House. It was really nice and their restaurant was very good. The next morning we got up, had breakfast at the hotel, which was included with our room, and headed for the mountain.
Here's a view from the parking lot.
I was surprised at all the flowers we saw.
We hiked up to the snow and made snowballs. The turned and saw this.
Then we went on to Ashland, OR. I had never been to Oregon. HEY did you know it's against the law in Oregon to pump your own gas!!! What a surprise.
Ashland is very nice. We walked around and checked out the shops. All of them had lovely things and there is a wonderful yarn store there.
We had the most amazing dinner at Chateaulin (a French restaurant) and then saw Julius Caesar (BTW in this production, Julius Caesar was a woman).
The next day we got up and pick hand fulls of blackberries that were growing next to our hotel. We had breakfast at Morning Glory. A very small but fabulous restaurant. It's worth the wait!
Then we went to Eagle Point, OR and visited Butte Creek Mill. It is the last water-powered (bunt not powered by a paddle wheel) grist mill, still commercially operating, this side of the Mississippi. It began operating in 1872 and is still grinding flour. It was fascinating to learn how the grind stones got from France to Oregon in the 1800 and how the grains are grown. Because it was the off season, the miller had time to talk to us and show us how everything worked.
That evening we saw Love's Labor's Lost.
Friday we drove to San Jose. We had dinner in my backyard and watched the lighting. That was really amazing. No thunder, just a lighting show.
Sat. we met Julie and went to the Mountain View craft fair. One of my favorite craft fairs. And danced in Palo Alto that night. Sun. David and I had breakfast at Los Gatos Grill and then he took the train back to Sacramento. I watch Robbie play hockey that evening and then took my boys out for dinner. That ended my vacation.
Monday, Sep. 12th, 2012 was my first day at PayPal working for the X.commerce division.
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