Monday Election Eve Day

Hi Everyone,

Just so you know, these past couple of days have been less than exciting although they have been fun in their own unique way. The rain has been here so we haven't done much in the way of outside activities. Yesterday we went to Fremont (about 30 miles from here) to visit a Center for Spiritual Living there that is similar to the one we go to in Bellingham. After we spent time there, we wanted to go to Dublin, California. (another 15 miles) We thought it had an area of newer, adult living homes but it was very focused on younger, high denisty living. This is the Silicon Valley so there are many of those computer type businesses here like Yahoo, PayPal, Ebay and so forth. They employ a lot of people of diverse nationalities. It was very impressive to see these villages of newer condo type townhomes. Sort of like an instant city made for all these employees and they are attractive even though they are dense.

In many ways, we feel we have had our fill of this area. We know we don't want to live here yet there is so much to see around this area. We are done with the rain here already. Today we went to San Francisco to drive the 49 Mile Drive which is a famous drive through the city but we got so overwhelmed with traffic and people that it quickly lost its appeal. We did make it to Japantown and had a stroll in the rain around there and had some Japanese food. We then went to Haight Ashbury because I wanted to see what it was like. It was a sad area, lots of street people but we did get a feel for it and we do like to see things we can't see in Burlington. ;)

Yesterday we spontaneously went to an IMAX movie called Eagle Eye. It was fantastic. It is showing at regular movie houses too right now, but on IMAX it was intense. It is one of those high action sort of violent, stressful, intelligent, techno movies that keeps you involved every second. Do check it out on a rainy day if you haven't seen it and like that kind of movie.

We are ready to leave this area and are basically staying because of the AOPA conference that begins on Wednesday in San Jose. Claude will be seeing his friends at Diamond Aircraft and then checking out the other Airplane Owners Association exhibitors and vendors. I will more than likely do my own investigating while he is looking at airplane stuff. We are staying at a hotel in downtown San Jose for a couple of nights to be close so that will be fun for a change too. We will leave our motor home here in Morgan Hill while we are there.

Just wanted to add something so you all didn't check in and find nothing new. We mailed in our votes so we will be looking for our new president tomorrow. Joy to the World!