Camping in San Francisco and Todd's House

First of all, I want to post the sign of our campsite. We aren't really camping in the city of San Francisco, but about 25 miles south in Redwood City. We are happy that we found a place this close. It is another situation where there are lots of RVers, but also many permanent mobile homes. The spaces aren't large, but we were able to drive through and not have to back up. We are on the bay side of the peninsula. We hardly got set up and Todd and Gerry arrived to welcome us. It was so great to see them. We look forward to spending time with them and the cats Pierre and Zach.




I've also included some pictures of Todd's condo. It is the middle level one. Then I put some pictures of what you can see outside his window. It is a busy area....typical of San Fran.

Views of God's Creation

What can I say but God's creation is AMAZING!
These are some views from Nebraska.

Here is a little Wyoming
countryside and a horse
ranch we passed by.




The Great Salt Lake of Utah was huge. I hadn't realized how far it went for miles and miles. It looked like ice on the surface of the water. The mountains were getting higher the closer we headed west.










As we passed into California, the mountains became even more beautiful, covered with huge fir trees. The higher the elevation, the colder it became. When we were near Lake Tahoe, there was about three inches of snow on the ground. It was pretty to look at, but I didn't like driving in the snow through the mountains (it reminded me of Michigan weather which I don't miss!)
After over 2000 miles of driving, the San Francisco skyline looked wonderful. We were so excited to see Todd and Gerry! We weren't so excited to see all the traffic.

Throughout the trip to California, God's goodness to us through His creation was so evident to me. It's hard to believe anyone would think that this world with all it's beautiful landscapes could have just spontaneously happened without God creating it.

More beautiful pictures of our travels

This was a random sight that was definitely one of man's creations!

More road signs

As we traveled across the US on our way to Todd in CA, I snapped a few more "name" roadsigns.

I also tried to snap some pictures of road signs as we traveled through various states on I-80. We traveled over 2000 miles in four days. The next post will be of the beautiful country God has given us to enjoy. I snapped them as I was driving, so they aren't of the best quality.

Saying Good-Bye

On Saturday, October 6 we went with Becky and Andy to the Boeing Family Day. I can't believe I didn't take at least one picture, although we really weren't allowed to take any pictures on site. We had a wonderful time looking around the Boeing manufacturing plant. Most interesting to us, was seeing where Andy works. It helps me visualize where he is during the day when he's at work.

These pictures were taken at the zoo. We never did get a picture of the four of us together.

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After the tour, we said good-bye to Andy and Becky and started on our journey to California. How we hated to say good-bye to them. They were so kind and loving and patient with us. Imagine putting up with us for about eight weeks!! We had such a wonderful time going places with them, worshipping with them at their church, eating with them, helping them at their house, playing games, and mainly just being with them. We already miss them so much. We love you both and look forward to being with you again! Thanks so much for everything and being so good to us!

Springfield, IL

Before leaving St. Louis to head out west, we took a day and went to Springfield, IL. We went on a tour of Lincoln's home and neighborhood. We had done this years ago with our children. Here are a few of the pictures. Lincoln and Mary lived here for 17 years and made quite a few improvements on their home. When they bought it, it was one story. Even today, it would be a nice home to live in.







We also went to the Lincoln Museum in Springfield. It is only about four years old. It was excellent historically speaking. It was very interesting in that they had life size figures and real life size log cabin and white house. If you ever get the chance and you enjoy Lincoln memorabilia, you should go visit.




We finished our visit to Springfield at the Lincoln family tomb.