Ken & Janice's sister and brother-in-law (Rick & Jackie) came to visit and stay overnight last Sunday. He is a former professional diver and still does a lot of recreational abalone diving. The fact that Ken had an experienced partner to go with along with his determination to get some abalone got him up to the dive shop to rent an outfit. They ended up going down to Van Damme and out in Ken's Zodiac. The stories were many but when all was said and done, they both came back with their limit of three abalone apiece. Rick & Jackie had to get back on Monday.
On Tuesday our daughter Dana came up for a visit with the grandkids, Carol age 3 and Jack 16 months. Carol was a lot of fun and curious about everything. Jack was a very typical toddler and wanted to stretch those new-found legs of his. It was a full-time job for all of us, just to keep an eye on him. It was great to have them up here.
On Tuesday night, the night before they left, Ken & Janice treated us to an abalone dinner. One of the abalone that Ken caught on Sunday was enough to feed all of us. Was it ever good! On Wednesday they started making their way on up to their summer place in Cascadia, Oregon.
The rest of the day Wednesday was spent with Dana and the kids. We went to Big River Beach and let the kids run in the sand and play in the surf. The water up here is cold but they didn't seem to mind. On Thursday we went for a little hike here up behind the big water tank. However, the trail had not been cleared this year and some of the weeds were over Jack's head so we didn't go up very far. Then we went into Mendocino and went into some of the shops, had some lunch at the Bay View cafe and then went into some more shops before Dana headed out with the kids at around three.
We are now on our own until we travel down to the SF Bay Area on Wednesday to start getting prepared for Bobby's wedding on the 24th.
