California Squeakin', Part One

Another summer rewind, this time to our late-July trip to Sonoma County, California, where we visited my brothers Bill and Pat, as well as the friends Tracey met through an online expecting mothers group back in 2006. There will be a separate post about our visit with them.

We drove out to Sonoma Coast State Beach near Bodega Bay one morning. There was some fog, as usual, but it gradually cleared. Uncle Pat didn't really take a nap on the beach, just a quick rest after walking all that way from the parking lot:



Uncle Bill, cooler than most, chilling with Tracey and Declan:



Maeve busily digging in the sand:



Declan having his first encounter with the chilly waters of the Pacific:





A brief video slice of our beach time:



Another video from later in our visit, this time at the house, where Pat demonstrated his dexterity with a simple yet challenging back yard game:

—posted by B