After June Lake we went to breakfast in Lee Vining,CA and then into Yosemite the most beautiful place on earth. After spending 5+ hours in Yosemite we then headed to the Bay Area and our condo in Antioch, CA. 35 miles east of the beautiful city of San Francisco. For four years we have been renting our condo to a friend and now we want it back for ourselves. So for one month we were fixing up our condo to our tastes. Painting, new windows, and a new floor in the living and dining area. This condo is small but now we realized we don't really need that much more. It is about the beautiful outdoor areas that make this a beautiful place to live, hike, bike, walk, just relax and enjoy.
Our 3 months in northern Cal consisted of hiking, day travels, visiting family and friends. We had Thanksgiving with Elenita's daughter and son at her daughter's house with family members of her boyfriend. Then came Christmas which we cooked for my two children and Elenita's son Jason. Both occasions were very nice and a lot of fun spending times with our children. These holidays were my first in the states in four years. On Monday, January 16th with Jason (Elenita's son and my life saver) we headed to LA to visit family for one week. Jason and I discovered some wonderful beer places and some wonderful beer. This again was fun visiting with family and seeing sites in So. Cal. On the 23rd we left So. Cal. in the rain. We had rain for about 100 miles until we reached Palm Springs. We made it to Phoenix, Az. that night and spent 3 nights at a little oasis in Paradise Valley at a friends house. From here we spent one night in Tucson, Az. We are discovering some nice things about sites to see in Arizona. On the 27th of January we headed into Mexico.
