Monday, May 15, 2017

Mothers Day Weekend 2017

Alas, this post doesn't actually include Mom herself, but it was a weekend full of activity and friendship!  Friday after school, Lick colleague, Mariel and I took BART to Hayward and met up with my Head-Royce colleague Chris for drinks and merriment.

After dinner, we stumbled upon a video game arcade, yeah that kind of arcade.  Although no quarters needed (it's $5 for all you can play in one hour), we went back in time to play Ms. PacMan, Frogger, Dig Dug and lots of driving games!



So those of you who know my issues around "paninis" know what I'm freaking out about here!

Saturday afternoon, Onions and my friend Jeff (second from left) from Beijing was up in Marin County with his partner Terry (second from right).  I picked up their friend Ed (left) and we met up and went on a hike called the Steep Ravine hike from the west side of Mt. Tam down to the coast.






Done!

We ended just south of Stinson Beach, what a glorious day.

We discovered that there are cabins and campgrounds at the bottom base of Steep Ravine for rent from the State Park system.  Yeah, nothing available for the rest of the year!


Sunday, Mother's Day itself, and I arranged for Onions and I to go indoor skydiving!

That's the skydiving tube right there.


 Here are some video clips of us in the tube.  It's WAY harder than it seems.




Still with a few hours left on this glorious afternoon, we headed over to Coyote Hills Regional Park, which I found just on Apple Maps.  It was a great place, with rolling hills right along the way north of the Dumbarton Bridge.




Looking southwest towards San Jose

The wetlands just east of the hills, looking towards Hayward and Union City. 




The weekend ended with Mongolian Hot Pot. Usually, I'm not a fan, but this time I was into it.  Onions was happy because he LOVES Hot Pot and now will have my satisfaction as reason for us to go more often!

















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