Working from "home"

 I have been going into the office a few days a week, but pretty soon, we will have to go back in all the time.  So I decided to go to SF for a week and work from there, instead.  

Here's the Air bnb we rented for the week,

Julia got the better room, so I decided this would be my work space.  I set myself up on that desk and had my work calls in front of the beautiful windows.  

We thought we would do some cooking here, but we only made eggs for breakfast.  It was nice to be able to bring dinner leftovers home and reheat them the following day for lunch a few times.

The first day we rented these little "go cars" and drove through the city.  Believe it or not, we drove these little things on regular streets.  There was a GPS system in the car that gave us directions and pointed out sights in the city.  I would never have chosen to do this, but Julia said that it was the #1 thing to do, according to Trip Advisor so....

Lots of views of the bridge.  I don't remember being very impressed with the bridge the first time I went there 20 years ago, but this time, I was super impressed.  

Notice the "Painted Ladies" in the background of this picture. 

More to come...

Spring break, part 6

As usual, after visiting my parents, I made a stop in Denver to visit my sister and her cute family.  The first night, we went down to the park near their house.  

My first full day, we went for a short hike here.  My little nephew posed for me with the thumbs up sign.  When I commented, he quickly changed it to thumbs-down.  (Typical 5 year old behavior.)

Here I am wearing the same clothes I wore all vacation, apparently!

A little April snow

And of course, treats at the end of the day!

 

Spring break, part 5

 The next stop was Capitol Reef National Park.  

First we stopped at Gifford Homestead where they sell amazing pies and cinnamon rolls.  

After a breakfast of champions,  we hiked up to Cassidy Arch.  

View of Cassidy Arch from the trail

On top of Cassidy Arch.  Can you see me?

Then we drove to a different park of the park...   

and walked through the Narrows

After checking out of our hotel, we saw these Llamas in the parking lot.

Spring break, part 4

 After a couple of days in Moab, Kathy and I drove west to another national park.  On the way, we stopped to check out Goblin Valley state park, which is truly in the middle of nowhere.  

Here I am in three different shades of blue ... plus the blue sky behind me. 

Spring Break, part 3

 One of my friends came down from SLC for her first visit to Moab, so I took her to the Arches.  

Double arch

Windows

Delicate arch (obviously)

Spring break, part 2

 Next stop was to Moab to visit my parents.  My first day there, a nice stranger that my mom knows took me on a hike to a new place.  when she told me she was taking me to Corona Arch, I told my parents where we were going but then I thought, "Did I make that up?  Is it really called Corona or do I just have corona on my mind because of the virus?"  But it really is called Corona Arch.

This is it

Bowtie Arch

Pinto Arch

Petroglyphs

Here are some big horn sheep