Westward We Go

Jean and I are leaving Friday for a week on the other coast. Yes, some people take their vacations after the August lull in the construction industry, just when people are actually bothering to stay through the afternoon on Fridays again. Very well done on our part!

Itinerary: First we're flying to Seattle, where we'll immediately leave for three days in the Cascades, a couple of hours-drive east of the city. My college friend, Blair, who lives in Seattle, will be with us. Here are some pictures of the hike we're planning to Enchantments Crossing.





Looks sumptuous, doesn't it? Returning to Seattle on Monday night. For the next couple of days we'll visit around in the city, and on Thursday we're going to San Francisco, where we'll spend five days in the care of Ann Cleaveland. Take a look at the artist line up at the Hardly Strictly bluegrass concert we'll be attending on Saturday and Sunday:



What with Dolly Parton, Gillian Welch, and Emmylou Harris, it's bound to be great. The concert is the raison d'etre for the San Francisco trip but Ann has promised lots of great food, wine, and bicycle-riding for the other days. She also snared us a fabulous-sounding apartment loan in Telegraph Hill, so I'm pretty sure we're lucky indeed!